- present participle of pace.
pacing
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Roared on by a 25,000-strong capacity crowd at the Zurich Diamond League, the Swiss hit the final 100m almost in stride with the infield pacing lights which had been set for a world record.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
When one of his students hits the stage to try out their comedy material, Aidan Park is usually pacing back and forth in the back, hoping his students don’t forget a line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Conductor Kelly Kuo captured the opera’s pacing but sometimes let the orchestra overpower the singers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The stock is also pacing toward its worst overall drop since March 16, 2020, when it fell 12.9%.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
There were dozens of other dogs yapping and barking and anxiously pacing around in their cramped cages.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
Much of Mr. Roberts’s movement for that quartet of dancers, despite some upper-body torsioning and unison pacings, presents repeated articulations for their arms, suggesting the flapping of wings, which grows monotonous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
The rising United Kingdom-based bandleader Nala Sinephro plays harp and electronics, with a pull toward weightless sounds and meditative pacings, so comparisons to Alice Coltrane are inevitable.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2021
In the 20th century, technology made it ever easier to regulate the production of sound, with electronic music allowing for perfectly even pacings.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2017
Once, in the midst of his pacings, he fell right off his platform.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her pacings had brought her to the extreme end of the platform where it sloped to the level of the track.
From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Lucas Malet
