tempo

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Recent Examples of tempo McCarty added that Nashville got passive in the second half of that game and let Miami dictate the tempo. Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025 The Gar Man undeniably upped our game, our profile, our whole tempo. Tom Freston, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2025 Modern offenses in pro and major college football often run high-tempo attacks, prompting some defenders to feign injury just to slow down an opponent’s pace. Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2025 The scent of rough-cut vegetables, meat, and broth set at a gentle, slow-tempo bubble, is alluring as well as a lesson in patience. Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 27 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tempo
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Noun
  • Near those boundaries, microscopic changes in pace or line flip the result, explaining why near-identical putts can alternate between agony and ecstasy.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The survey also found that members of the C-suite may still be struggling to keep up with the rapid pace of change as AI technologies advance.
    John Kell, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • To receive the senior rate, a person must apply to the Rogers Water Utilities and present satisfactory proof of age, such as a government issued identification card, driver's license, passport or birth certificate.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Interest rates go up on longer-term loans Yes, extending the term of a mortgage from 30 to 50 years could drop the monthly payment, wrote Richard Green, a professor at the University of Southern California, on LinkedIn.
    Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • His velocity was up a bit in the second half, and his strikeout rate also jumped from 31% to 39%, so there's a case to be made that bad luck amplifies a slight regression from arguably the best reliever in the game to merely one of the best 10 to 15 in the league.
    Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
  • In the modern landscape of personalized diagnostics, drug research, development, and manufacturing, data integrity and velocity of the product-to-market are everything.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Japan is world-renowned for its bullet trains, which transport passengers at speeds of up to 200 miles per hour.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Clicking the button will activate cruise control, then click the SET+ to lock your car at your preferred speed.
    Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 11 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The walking observation Pay attention to your gait.
    Dana Santas, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The brace successfully monitored joint bending while the subject walked, ran, squatted, and jumped, even reconstructing the person’s running gait with precision.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025

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