tempo

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Recent Examples of tempo Because coaches naturally have much more control over the structure and tempo of practices, without variables like which players are participating. Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025 One nuance to the tempo Bickerstaff spoke about is how explosive Thompson can be when changing his pace. Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 A lot of things have just been about tempo, playing open, playing off of one another, reading the game. Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025 The princess spent time with personnel and their children, crouching to speak at eye level and trading stories about family life on a high-tempo base. Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tempo
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Noun
  • Back-to-back meetings with the Championship’s early pace-setters are daunting at the best of times.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Deficit reduction has lagged significantly behind the pace seen after previous economic crises, including the Great Recession, when Congress implemented stricter spending caps and fiscal reforms within a few years of recovery.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Delinquency rates for borrowers with higher scores have remained relatively stable.
    Michael Wayland, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Six weeks into the season, the Colts lead the NFL in dropback success rate, largely on the backs of their diverse, dynamic group of pass catchers.
    Robert Mays, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Hawke sells all of Hart’s delusions, destructive impulses, and high-velocity downward spirals with an energy that keeps this bitchy, old-school collection of bon mots and screwball bickering moving along nicely.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Almost all spacecraft sent to deep space — including the Voyager probes, Juno, Cassini-Huygens, and Galileo — must execute gravity assist maneuvers, slingshotting around planets to gain velocity for their vast treks.
    Big Think, Big Think, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • From playing catch-up to running in parallel Despite early limitations in solver speed, mesh handling, and model stability, Duan states that cloud-native architectures and AI now give Chinese CAE firms a rare opportunity to turn the tables on industry leaders.
    Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Take the power, poise, and speed of the GT and chop the top to get the GTC.
    Sean Evans, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The research team also revealed that the robots can change their shape and gait to adapt to different terrains or to perform a variety of functions, such as gripping and lifting objects.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Thanks to a prosthetic leg, the gent’s gait was a dead giveaway.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Tempo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tempo. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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