tempo

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Recent Examples of tempo Castellanos thrives in tempo and rhythm. D’joumbarey Moreau, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025 Why not add wrinkles with sprinkles of tempo? Troy Renck, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025 Unless someone is driving and leaders are creating tempo, things slow to a halt. Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for tempo
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tempo
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
  • One report filed in October 2024 about a convenience store in Saukville indicated the patron tried contacting the vending company to verify their payout rate.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Further stimulus is expected in the form of rate cuts from the Federal Reserve.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As winds move between the Moquith and Moccasin mountains, the velocity increases and carries the sand grains from the sandstone.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Pitch velocities have sped up by nearly 6% percent since 2002, one analysis found.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There are also several large time skips as the play picks up speed and focuses less on the group in favor of exploring Lizzie’s mother and their family in its second act.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa made landfall along the southwestern coast of Jamaica on Tuesday with dangerous wind speeds of 185 mph and life-threatening storm surge, preparing to leave a wake of destruction across the island before focusing its ferocity on southeastern Cuba.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The most gifted runners not only go faster and with a smoother gait.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2025
  • 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

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“Tempo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tempo. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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