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rhyme

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noun

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Recent Examples of rhyme
Verb
The pair returned 138% and 199% during Trump 1.0, and, if history rhymes, the duo could return triple-digits again during Trump 2.0. Brett Owens, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 Jump to: Today’s Theme | Tricky Clues WEDNESDAY PUZZLE — Parker Higgins owes me an explanation, because his puzzle inspired, and then summarily dashed, my hopes of solving an entirely rhyming crossword. Sam Corbin, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
Irvine says it’s created to rhyme with the Mansion, particularly in its color scheme, utilizing the same tones of green and white, only with different places of emphasis. Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025 But Drake understandably didn’t fire off his lawsuit then, as ricochets from rich college quads (hip-hop’s prime audience) could have killed his image even more than Lamar’s rhymes did. Bill Hochberg, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rhyme
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rhyme
Verb
  • Liu’s career has, however, neatly coincided with the post-Mao period — one that has seen architecture freed from state control and socialist ideals.
    Oscar Holland, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
  • My trip happened to coincide with a visit by former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg.
    Nicholas Lalla, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The suspect had shared some disturbing, graphic poetry to his Facebook profile in September and May 2024.
    Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Black artists developed poetry, novels, music, and fine art that challenged the dominant culture and solidified a space for Black people in American artistic production.
    Shantay Robinson, ARTnews.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Critically, the number of Sweeps Coins corresponds with the amount of real money spent or won.
    Daniel Wallach, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The Carolina Panthers’ best years all correspond with this theory, and that’s no coincidence: Sam Mills in 1996, Dan Morgan in 2003 and then both Luke Kuechly and Thomas Davis in 2015.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Well-structured and fluent, the paper includes several Bible verses that catch her attention — yet turn out to be nonexistent.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Then, on Instagram Live last night, Bhad Bhabie appeared to tease a new unreleased verse from West recorded for the song.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Expect to use up multiple pens on this novel in verse, an elegiac meditation on poesy and religion.
    Katie Ward Beim-Esche, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber’s adaptation of T. S. Eliot’s feline poesy ends its Broadway revival.
    ALEXIS SOLOSKI, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2017
Noun
  • Not necessarily protest songs, but snapshots of a certain time, nevertheless.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Victoria seemed to be pointing out that the song, which pays homage to Versace, likely has a different meaning than what David intended to express for his son.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Characters like Felix and Oswald have kind of an unfortunate connection to theater insofar as they’re associated with blackface minstrelsy—the notoriously racist form of stage performance where actors would blacken their faces, wear white gloves, and perform clownish antics.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Henry counted among her influences American minstrelsy, European clowning traditions, and her own collection of African masks.
    News Desk, Artforum, 22 Oct. 2024

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