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cadences

noun

plural of cadence

as in rhythms

the recurrent pattern formed by a series of sounds having a regular rise and fall in intensity the soothing cadence of the lecturer's voice nearly put me to sleep

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Recent Examples of cadences In a powerfully compelling novel that brims with the cadences of the Black South, Jones explores the women’s diverging lives while using them as a lens to observe social injustice in language that is intimate, conversational, and musical. — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026 SpaceX thinks this recovery strategy will enable fast and efficient reuse, allowing the company to achieve seemingly outrageous launch cadences. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 Sep. 2026 On set, Lan worked scene by scene with the cast, adjusting lines written in Mandarin into the natural cadences of spoken Teochew. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 July 2026 Between 1200Boom’s patient lurch and slaq’s feverish run-on, both rappers’ cadences unfurl like rugs. — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026 The model version, the data, the tool configuration, the agent memory, the identity context – all of it lives in different places, captured at different cadences, often owned by different teams. — Pranay Ahlawat, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 Other than that, the differences in the format were small, distracting only because of how ingrained the cadences of the original are. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026 One Battle After Another’s Kubrickian overtones are largely confined to Lockjaw’s story line — quite appropriate, as Kubrick was fascinated by how attempts to preserve power structures allowed murder to creep into the seemingly benign cadences of ordinary life. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026 Riles teaches his students not only the modern cadences of the marching drumline but also the ancient art of playing the djembe, a traditional West African drum. — CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026

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rhythms

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The play combines the dramatic load of an Ibsen drama with the rat-a-tat rhythms of a Neil Simon comedy — styles that often pull in opposite directions.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Poetic structure, such as cadence, meter and rhyme, invokes rhythms that tie into human heartbeats and breathing.

— Dana Kelley, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

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