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metronome

[me-truh-nohm] / ˈmɛ trəˌnoʊm /
NOUN
chronometer
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Trade the metronome as it swings back and forth, but don’t let the hypnotic sound lull you into complacency.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

The half-crazed King, magnificently sung by the ever-disruptive Timur, lusts after Salome by speaking and singing at different speeds he selects on a metronome, as he entices her to type for him.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

These are the bluebloods, the old money of the investment world, steady as a metronome and just as thrilling.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

But all eyes should be on the key battle of the game: Odegaard's man-marking job on Vitinho, the metronome and orchestrator of Enrique's fluid possession football.

From BBC • May 7, 2025

Blinking and ticking like a cosmic metronome, pulsars keep far better time than the most accurate ordinary clock.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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