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cadence

[keyd-ns] / ˈkeɪd ns /


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“We are not convinced that higher compute alone provides a durable solution to improving the cadence and predictability of meaningful releases,” he said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

The good set of results and a small raise in guidance are welcome after concerns were raised about the health of the luxury consumer and about the cadence of Ferrari’s own margin development, it adds.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

When he speaks of Likho, he speaks with a tender cadence and dignified countenance, as if he were his own.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Boeing has big plans for the North Line, envisioning a production cadence comparable to that in Renton, 35 miles to the south, which until this week was the exclusive home of MAX assembly.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

It took only seconds for a thunderous percussion of goatskin drums to join the singing, and instinctively Koffi's own heart attuned to their pounding cadence.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

He couldn’t navigate transitions into and out of baks, the introductory rhythmic cadences of Senegalese sabar music.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

He experiments with new tones and cadences; the beats bounce, the production is subdued, but innovative.

From Salon Aug. 30, 2024

He has had to learn the playbook, pre-snap cadences, even how to put his pads on.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2024

“He’s mastered everything in terms of the offense — the plays, the cadences, and the defensive structure with protections,” Harbaugh said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2024

Not in the Capitol accent, but in the rougher cadences of home.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

Their days are cadenced only by breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as a few medical appointments and sporadic detention hearings.

From Seattle Times May 30, 2024

No matter how many times I brought it up, Epiphania always gave the same sad answer in her cadenced, Italian accent: "No, you can't buy it! The house is not on the market!"

From Salon Jun. 5, 2022

The cadenced distribution of cotton bolls across the picture just over their heads evokes musical notes written on a staff.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2021

Screaming or loud talk does not have the same impact as a slow and measured and cadenced statement where each word sinks to a slightly lower octave.

From Washington Post Aug. 18, 2020

As Obama spoke, compassionate and cadenced, American flags fluttering behind him, Blaine shifted, sighed, leaned back on the couch.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The cadencing of a musical phrase in Hawaiian song was marked by a peculiarity all its own.

From Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Nathaniel Bright Emerson

The six-four chord may be used at the close as the cadencing tonic six-four chord.

From A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons by Friedrich Johann Lehmann

Listening fearfully, he heard through these a murmurous baritone cadencing: Talbot Potter declaiming the inwardness of "Roderick Hanscom"; and then—oh, bells of Elfland faintly chiming!—the voice of Wanda Malone!

From Harlequin and Columbine by Booth Tarkington

The fifth, when in the lowest voice, should be used as in two-part counterpoint, except when used in V43 or the cadencing tonic six-four chord.

From A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons by Friedrich Johann Lehmann

The psychology of rhythm shows its basal value in cadencing the soul.

From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by G. Stanley Hall




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