metronomic

variants also metronomical

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Recent Examples of metronomic But the metronomic rhythm Oroz possessed was prescient. Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025 Their strong magnetic fields can produce beams of radio waves that sweep across the sky like a lighthouse, resulting in metronomic radio pulses with intervals ranging from milliseconds to seconds. Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 4 Dec. 2024 When fit, Sheaf was an ever-present under Robins, with his tough-tackling and metronomic passing providing a foundation at the base of midfield for the manager to build from. Elias Burke, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024 His style is less spectacular than solid, less magical than metronomic. CBS News, 8 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for metronomic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for metronomic
Adjective
  • Until uniform federal guidance emerges, multi-state employers will have to navigate this.
    Tim Pratte, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Cost of uniform rental and facility services rose by 5.2% to $1,009.7 million, while cost of other services increased by 8.5% to $280.2 million.
    Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Then the crickets become a new rhythmic feint, arranged for trap rhythm, and then another bass line blows up the landscape.
    Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2025
  • If the rhythmic releases of norepinephrine correlate with the arrival of a larger tracer at a sensor on the brain’s surface, that would be a fascinating finding.
    Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Sorting the correct size was not straightforward, as the Italian tires on the truck were oddly proportioned and on metric measurements.
    Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Their fight graded the highest on my Fight Score metric.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • This reflects the plain and unadorned style of prose writing, contrasting with the rhythmic and metrical structure of verse.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Since it was usually written in the form of a memorable metrical couplet, the epigram became portable through time as well as space.
    A.E. Stallings, The New York Review of Books, 17 Aug. 2023
Adjective
  • Back in October 2008, the Saturday Night Live gang was eating dinner at one of creator Lorne Michaels' regular restaurants, Lattanzi, to toast the week's host, Jon Hamm, before heading back to the office to crank out the week's script.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Waste management is a focus with regular composting and staff awareness training for environmentally sound water and waste practices.
    Meredith Lepore, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2025

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“Metronomic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metronomic. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.

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