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: a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe
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sports
: a period (such as a half or an inning) into which the duration of a game is divided
The game's prime moment wasn't the decisive and popular eighth-inning, two-run homer by Mark Bellhorn … but a sensational play by Boston's Manny Ramirez in the top of that same stanza.—
Roger Angell
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Ahead by two points to begin the final stanza, the Eagles gradually pulled away.
—Matt Feld, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2025
Still, the game remained scoreless well until the second period before McCoy lit the lamp more than five minutes into the stanza to put the Hornets on top.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 21 Feb. 2025
With Mikko camped out to his right midway through the second stanza, Makar beat DeSmith glove-side with a wrister from the blue line for his 100th career goal, slaying the Avs’ power-play dragon and becoming the fastest active defenseman in the NHL to hit the century mark as a pro.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2025
The first stanza plunges into the picture, construing it both as a visual object and as the memento of a physical experience.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Matt Feld, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2025
Still, the game remained scoreless well until the second period before McCoy lit the lamp more than five minutes into the stanza to put the Hornets on top.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 21 Feb. 2025
With Mikko camped out to his right midway through the second stanza, Makar beat DeSmith glove-side with a wrister from the blue line for his 100th career goal, slaying the Avs’ power-play dragon and becoming the fastest active defenseman in the NHL to hit the century mark as a pro.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2025
The first stanza plunges into the picture, construing it both as a visual object and as the memento of a physical experience.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Stanza.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stanza. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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stanza
noun
stan·za
ˈstan-zə 
: a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually repeating pattern of rhythm and rhyme
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