metronome
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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
"We're now starting to understand how the uterus acts as both a muscle and a metronome to ensure that labor follows the body's own rhythm."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 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
In between: Kershaw, a metronome of excellence every fifth day, and not nearly enough else.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2025
Francie was so fascinated by the metronome that she found it hard to listen to what Miss Tynmore said and to watch the way she placed Mama’s hands on the keys.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
The night sky contains remarkably precise "cosmic clocks": pulsars, which are dense neutron stars that emit radio pulses at steady intervals, ticking like perfectly timed metronomes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2025
Ninety percent of bands use backing tracks and metronomes, but we play 100% live.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024
The musicians can practice their melodies and train their lung capacities inside, often to the insistent clacking of metronomes.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2023
These structures from quantum impracticality, inherent crystalline metronomes might migrate into our future time-keeping technology.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 4, 2023
In its crudest form, this exploitation of 'phasing’ could be demonstrated by setting off two pendulum metronomes at exactly the same time and precisely the same speed.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing metronome
Music - Introductory
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"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak, Part Nine
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Music - Middle School
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