as in cadences
the recurrent pattern formed by a series of sounds having a regular rise and fall in intensity
the steady rhythm of the rain falling on the roof
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Recent Examples of rhythms
This image moved quickly across global media and was shared, commented on, memed, and folded into the familiar rhythms of contemporary visual culture.
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Debbie Millman, Time, 7 Jan. 2026
The participants also showed a shift in their circadian rhythms (sleep/wake cycles) when they were placed on the time-restricted eating schedules, but the associated health impacts are not known.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
For those who live it, the wine country aesthetic is a philosophy, one that prioritizes natural beauty, comfort, and a life lived in step with the rhythms of the vineyards.
—Amplified Content Studio, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
This is the first randomized clinical evidence suggesting moderate coffee consumption may protect against the return of AF – a result that counters decades of conventional advice to avoid caffeine for people with irregular heart rhythms.
—New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2026
From season to season, the NBA schedule always possesses certain rhythms.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
Young will speak on his work on circadian rhythms as well as his current research on the impact sleep and meal timing have on longevity.
—Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2026
In the hand tap class, participants create rhythms by tapping with their hands on small wood boards.
—Sierra Knoch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
In terms of sheer ability, Brown has no trouble navigating these bustling beats, which are packed with rhythms, drops, switches, and sound effects.
—Stephen Kearse, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rhythms
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If the first Five Nights at Freddy’s played like a clunky attempt to introduce youngish kids to the cadences of horror, then its sequel plays like a clunky attempt to introduce now slightly olderish kids to the clichés of horror.—
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On social media meme pages, where political affiliations are typically not printed in bold type but in cadences of online speech or meme dogwhistles, lines can sometimes get blurred.—
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The former allows the player to set beats-per-minute, beats per bar, select different rhythms and whether a sound beeps and/or the device vibrates to the beat.—
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There’s not much on 1 IN A MILLION that will blow you away; the beats are of the same unmiraculous mold—Michigan brute force meets Louisiana jig—that has been holding down Florida street rap for the last half-decade, and the lyrics rarely jump off the page on their own.—
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His band includes Temidayo Balogun on saxophone and talking drums, Zach Walgren on bass and Emmanuel Chidiebere on drums.—
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When a spotlight cast their shadows against the screen, viewers could make out the vague silhouettes of drums, cymbals, and tambourines, merged to form what looked like a hybrid creature.—
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“Rhythms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rhythms. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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