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Recent Examples of tempo
The game will be decided by which team can control the tempo of the game.
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Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
In a game in which the Canadiens generally controlled the tempo and run of play, the Canucks handily won Miller’s minutes both on the scoreboard and territorially.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Part of that is knowing when to linger on a closeup (go back and rewatch the scene leading up to Joanne and Noah’s first kiss) and when to punch up the comedy by increasing the tempo — before interrupting the rhythm to land a joke.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024
In come his thoughts on personnel and roster building and tempo and staff hirings and culture and mentality and grit and all the things that make a football team a football team.
—Nick Suss, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
In a game in which the Canadiens generally controlled the tempo and run of play, the Canucks handily won Miller’s minutes both on the scoreboard and territorially.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Part of that is knowing when to linger on a closeup (go back and rewatch the scene leading up to Joanne and Noah’s first kiss) and when to punch up the comedy by increasing the tempo — before interrupting the rhythm to land a joke.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024
In come his thoughts on personnel and roster building and tempo and staff hirings and culture and mentality and grit and all the things that make a football team a football team.
—Nick Suss, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tempo
Noun
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That database could help provide clean data on fibers to companies working to train models to identify mixed fibers, speeding up the pace of the entire recycling process.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Jan. 2025
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Rene Haas, the CEO of the semiconductor company Arm Holdings, said that even this pace of expansion across the industry would put global computing on track to consume more energy than India by 2030.—
Karen Hao,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Asian and Black children also saw significantly higher increases in attacks compared with white children’s rates of asthma attacks.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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The Vikings also finished third in the league in EPA per play and fifth in defensive success rate.—
Alec Lewis,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Vehicles of all types incur fuel economy losses because of wind resistance, which is considerably stronger at highway velocities.—
Peter Douglas,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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Throwing fewer four-seamers resulted in higher average four-seamer velocity, and the pitch played up even more.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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The sophomore running back from St. Louis pairs blistering speed with body strength to emerge as a hard-to-tackle runner.—
Lauren Merola,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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In one-on-one coverage, Barron has NFL-ready speed that could translate to him being a slot corner at the next level and the physicality to be an outside corner.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Jan. 2025
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Granted, Butler, at 35, long has played at a slow-and-steady gait.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2025
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What's more, his shuffling gait and verbal miscues had raised questions about his fitness for office.—
Susan Page,
USA TODAY,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Tempo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tempo. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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