- present participle of pace.
pacing
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The stock is also pacing toward its worst overall drop since March 16, 2020, when it fell 12.9%.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
“While still very early, booking trends for 2027 are encouraging and pacing ahead of historical levels, including for itineraries where demand was impacted by geopolitical developments this year,” Chief Financial Officer Naftali Holtz said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Because proven therapies remain scarce, most medical recommendations focus on supportive strategies, including activity pacing and management of individual symptoms.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
The British Columbia Hotel Association says that while final booking figures are yet to be confirmed, June and July were "pacing well behind previous years", despite Vancouver hosting seven of the games in Canada.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
He was jumpy and nervous, pacing Beejee’s living room and wringing his hands.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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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
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He began his restless pacings again, stroking his faded beard with a strangely white hand.
From Broken to the Plow by Charles Caldwell Dobie