variants
or metric
as in rhythmical
marked by or occurring with a noticeable regularity in the rise and fall of sound
the metrical chugging of the machinery had a hypnotic effect
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Recent Examples of metrical
The comic video resonated with Japan’s thirty to forty-something demographic that grew up on the pop band’s hits, topping the Billboard Japan’s video views metric for two consecutive weeks and continuing to chart in the upper ranks today.
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Billboard Japan, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
In my experience, views are the only honest metric left.
—Ivana Johnston, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Making up 15% of the score, this metric counts the number of alumni on Forbes lists like the Forbes 30 under 30, with high-profile government positions, and who have won prestigious prizes.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
Virtually every defensive metric rates Bichette as a bottom-five shortstop in baseball, and his lateral quickness is diminishing every season.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
The company said the 20,000-metric-ton Jerabomberra facility will be the first of a fleet of Samsara Eco plants using the company’s EosEco technology to come.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
Bottom line Across nearly every metric, Salesforce's second quarter results were better than expected.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Although there is evidence that click-through rates from Google searches are being affected, with the growth in this metric slowing from high single digit percentages to low single digit percentages, according to Wall Street analysts, the company insists the overall search volumes are up.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
Now, as publishers are deemphasizing web traffic as the be-all-end-all metric, the bet is on leveraging that legacy editorial for other opportunities.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Billboard Japan, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
In my experience, views are the only honest metric left.
—Ivana Johnston, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Making up 15% of the score, this metric counts the number of alumni on Forbes lists like the Forbes 30 under 30, with high-profile government positions, and who have won prestigious prizes.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
Virtually every defensive metric rates Bichette as a bottom-five shortstop in baseball, and his lateral quickness is diminishing every season.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
The company said the 20,000-metric-ton Jerabomberra facility will be the first of a fleet of Samsara Eco plants using the company’s EosEco technology to come.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
Bottom line Across nearly every metric, Salesforce's second quarter results were better than expected.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Although there is evidence that click-through rates from Google searches are being affected, with the growth in this metric slowing from high single digit percentages to low single digit percentages, according to Wall Street analysts, the company insists the overall search volumes are up.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
Now, as publishers are deemphasizing web traffic as the be-all-end-all metric, the bet is on leveraging that legacy editorial for other opportunities.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for metrical
rhythmic
Adjective
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The rhythmic beat takes us on a love story full of sensuality, something that these Colombian and Colombian-Mexican groups handle perfectly.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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This rhythmic driving can create new forms of order that are impossible to achieve in equilibrium, revealing phenomena beyond the reach of conventional phases of matter.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Metrical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metrical. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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