as in cadences
the recurrent pattern formed by a series of sounds having a regular rise and fall in intensity
the steady rhythm of the rain falling on the roof
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Recent Examples of rhythms
Seek Quality Sleep Evidence suggests that a consistent sleep-wake cycle promotes your body's rhythms, including gut motility.
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Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
28 June 2026
The result is 260 pages of richly-detailed, expressive drawings, mostly in regimented 12-panel grids that mirror the grinding rhythms of daily life in rural, 19th century America.
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Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Their exhilarating fusion of bebop virtuosity and intensely syncopated Cuban rhythms had a broad impact that built on the important, but lesser known, work of band leader Mario Bauzá.
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George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 June 2026
The editing rhythms are clipped and almost metronomically precise; individual scenes feel less composed than synthesized from an array of swift, gestural fragments—a hand on a doorknob, a face at the window—which have the effect of heightening your attention.
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Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 June 2026
Her new album, Fata Morgana, uses an array of cascading rhythms, impish hooks, and fierce poetry to interrogate her place in a corrupt American society.
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Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
25 June 2026
The reason may have to do with daytime light’s effects on circadian rhythms, the body’s internal 24-hour clock that helps regulate sleep, wakefulness, hormones, and other brain and body functions.
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Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
25 June 2026
Others develop dangerous fluctuations in blood pressure and abnormal heart rhythms because the autonomic nervous system becomes affected.
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Faye Chiu,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
Peristere does his best to re-establish the series’ rhythms before all watery hell breaks loose.
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Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
28 June 2026
The result is 260 pages of richly-detailed, expressive drawings, mostly in regimented 12-panel grids that mirror the grinding rhythms of daily life in rural, 19th century America.
—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Their exhilarating fusion of bebop virtuosity and intensely syncopated Cuban rhythms had a broad impact that built on the important, but lesser known, work of band leader Mario Bauzá.
—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 June 2026
The editing rhythms are clipped and almost metronomically precise; individual scenes feel less composed than synthesized from an array of swift, gestural fragments—a hand on a doorknob, a face at the window—which have the effect of heightening your attention.
—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 June 2026
Her new album, Fata Morgana, uses an array of cascading rhythms, impish hooks, and fierce poetry to interrogate her place in a corrupt American society.
—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
25 June 2026
The reason may have to do with daytime light’s effects on circadian rhythms, the body’s internal 24-hour clock that helps regulate sleep, wakefulness, hormones, and other brain and body functions.
—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
25 June 2026
Others develop dangerous fluctuations in blood pressure and abnormal heart rhythms because the autonomic nervous system becomes affected.
—
Faye Chiu,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
Peristere does his best to re-establish the series’ rhythms before all watery hell breaks loose.
—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rhythms
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Between 1200Boom’s patient lurch and slaq’s feverish run-on, both rappers’ cadences unfurl like rugs.
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The model version, the data, the tool configuration, the agent memory, the identity context – all of it lives in different places, captured at different cadences, often owned by different teams.
Noun
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Every one of Kenny’s beats is a chunk of ore from a different comet.
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Our speakers bureau functions much like editorial beats in a newsroom.
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The group meets every Thursday in a basement, where band members work on vocals, drums, guitars and performance.
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Marcéo Martinez played drums on the band’s 1995 debut, Personal Best, then was replaced by Melissa York for 1996’s Captain My Captain.
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“Rhythms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rhythms. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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