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Recent Examples of tempo
The heavy tempo of operations exhausted the carrier strike group, which had incidents during its deployment that investigators found were avoidable before returning to Norfolk, Virginia, last June.
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Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 19 Jan. 2026
Morrison, meanwhile, set the tempo.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2026
And the first half was a virtuoso blend of aggressiveness and controlling tempo from Payton, as Nix had a couple of deep shots to Marvin Mims and Lil'Jordan Humphrey, but also controlled the game with his legs.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2026
And, surprisingly, data shows fast-tempo beats don’t either.
—Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 18 Jan. 2026
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Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 19 Jan. 2026
Morrison, meanwhile, set the tempo.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2026
And the first half was a virtuoso blend of aggressiveness and controlling tempo from Payton, as Nix had a couple of deep shots to Marvin Mims and Lil'Jordan Humphrey, but also controlled the game with his legs.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2026
And, surprisingly, data shows fast-tempo beats don’t either.
—Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 18 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tempo
Noun
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Ludo Lefebvre echoed the urgency, pointing to the painfully deliberate pace of the recovery.—
Michelle Edgar,
Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The pace of innovation was overwhelming, but the most important takeaway was not any single product or platform.—
Phil Kafarakis,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Services revenue is expected to grow at a year-over-year rate similar to what Apple just reported, so call it about 14%.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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During the 2020 campaign, Joe Biden proposed raising the corporate tax rate.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In fact, the computer science major has worked in the high-velocity world of consulting since 2006.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
27 Jan. 2026
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Impressively, the researchers found that minute, transient voltage fluctuations in these segments encode precise velocity data.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Jan. 2026
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In a field experiment with hundreds of consultants, GPT-4 improved speed and quality on some knowledge tasks while performance dropped on other, seemingly similar tasks just outside its strengths.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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Tapascott said speed alone no longer excites drivers.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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Two days before the shooting, security video captured a person with a similar gait to Ferguson’s knocking on Meyer’s door with a food delivery, according to the affidavit.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
24 Jan. 2026
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Still, more information about the lower body is needed to learn exactly where the species fits into the evolution of humanlike posture and gait.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Tempo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tempo. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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