pace 1 of 2

noun

Definition of pacenext
as in tempo

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pace

2 of 2

verb

1
as in to stride
to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group six jugglers paced neatly alongside one another in the parade

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2
as in to progress
to move forward along a course the couple paced through the motions of a marriage, but it was never more than a financial and social arrangement

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Recent Examples of pace
Noun
That figure, which includes prices for groceries and food eaten away from home, stands well below the annual pace of overall price increases. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 The question of what happened to Mekko and why comes into focus at a slow and steady pace. — Alison Herman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
Junior outside hitter Olivia Monteith paced Naperville Central (16-5, 3-3) with 12 kills, senior setter Alexa Novak had 16 assists, 13 service points and two aces, and senior libero Zoey Horn had 15 service points and four aces. — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 Esmé Creed-Miles is pacing in a corner of The London West Hollywood hotel lobby, on the phone, holding a banana. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pace
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pace
  1. tempo
  2. stride
  3. progress
  4. rate
  5. march
  6. do
  7. speed
  8. proceed
Noun
  • Critics say the cameras could help hold officers accountable and promote transparency at a time when the agency is operating at a high tempo across the country and increasingly accused of excessive use of force.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • With nearly 100,000 videos made to its official audio, the mid-tempo ballad has become a user favorite for soundtracking TV edits, clips of romantic yearning, and videos capturing the changing seasons.
    — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of tempo
Verb
  • Here was the waiter striding toward them carrying Nina’s salad and a basket of bread.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • As the book shows, into that incredibly fertile downtown atmosphere strode an artist determined to become himself.
    — Sean Wilentz, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of stride
Verb
  • Detecting adenocarcinomas early can help keep them from progressing to advanced disease.
    — Alice Park, Time, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Sepesi said one of the biggest challenges with lung cancer is that symptoms often do not appear until the disease has progressed.
    — Tori Mason, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of progress
Noun
  • The cancer’s five-year survival rate is less than 7%, according to WEHI.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
  • However, the time required to assemble an individual robot differs from the rate at which a production line can manufacture multiple units.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of rate
Verb
  • After recording a safety, K-State accepted the football and marched 41 yards in eight plays, but had to settle for a 28-yard field goal by Rodriguez.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Why is the team of robots working hard one moment, and marching in formation the next?
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of march
Verb
  • PhotoTat can have additional practical applications, including for medical tattoos like those done on cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 19 Oct. 2026
  • OpenAI has reportedly floated the idea of giving the government up to a 5% stake in the company and suggested other leading AI companies do the same.
    — Sarah Cannon, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of do
Noun
  • In reality, both objects orbit the star in the same direction, just at different, changing speeds.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Power is routed to the rear wheels through a new six-speed manual gearbox.
    — Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of speed
Verb
  • Nevertheless, based on paleomagnetism, scientists had concluded that true polar wander had been negligible, or slow to proceed, in the distant past.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Kon called on the government to disarm civilians, questioning how elections could proceed amid such insecurity.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
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“Pace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pace. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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