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tempo

[tem-poh] / ˈtɛm poʊ /


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It was always going to be difficult for the second period to match the high-octane tempo of the first, and instead the decisive moments, both mad and magnificent, were compacted into the final few minutes.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

"If this tempo is not lost, then within a few months it will be quite realistic to reach multi-year, multibillion contracts," Triukhan wrote.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Despite this relative lull in the tempo of Iranian attacks, the growing belief across the Gulf is that things will soon turn for the worse before getting better.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Villa did what was necessary against Lille, even if the performance still lacked the style, tempo and class they have produced this season.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

He expected everybody to try out—everybody—and to get us started in our training, we would be running two miles at tempo.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt




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