variants
also rime
as in to coincide
to be in agreement on every point
the new results don't rhyme with what we found out before
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variants
also rime
as in poetry
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Recent Examples of rhyme
Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Events may not continue to rhyme so similarly with the past – hopefully, a large-scale war is not on the horizon.
—Michael Szalma, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2025
Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Why wouldn’t history repeat, or at least rhyme, and reward investors with another double or better?
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Its sentimental and rhyming libretto by Lionelle Hamanaka follows a Japanese American family during their World War II incarceration, leaving little room for meaningful music.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Events may not continue to rhyme so similarly with the past – hopefully, a large-scale war is not on the horizon.
—Michael Szalma, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
The outcome is a smorgasbord of flows and deliveries, as each emcee brings their A-Game on this epic gathering of rhymes.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Why wouldn’t history repeat, or at least rhyme, and reward investors with another double or better?
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rhyme
Verb
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Buck’s career has coincided with the growth of the internet, an increasingly divisive place with the ascent of social media.—
Andrew Marchand,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The move coincides with the Mediterranean country's growing tourism industry, which saw a 4% increase in visitor numbers between 2023 and 2024, with a steady influx of travelers throughout the year.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Wesley Viner, associate curator at the museum, told Fox News Digital the letter is part of an ongoing correspondence about the nature of poetry, knowledge and Christianity.—
Ashley J. DiMella Fox News,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Writers used to inherently understand the value of a good story and inject poetry and cosmic musing into their baseball writing… Sheesh, make baseball human again.—
Levi Weaver,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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This corresponds to the spot in your home that's closest to the nearest AT&T cell tower.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Denise then left the stage, and Jackson began singing the song’s fourth verse.—
Rachel DeSantis,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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For the rendition, Musgraves kicked off the first verse, before sharing lines in the chorus with Finneas.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Expect to use up multiple pens on this novel in verse, an elegiac meditation on poesy and religion.—
Katie Ward Beim-Esche,
The Christian Science Monitor,
23 Mar. 2018
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Andrew Lloyd Webber’s adaptation of T. S. Eliot’s feline poesy ends its Broadway revival.—
ALEXIS SOLOSKI,
New York Times,
21 Dec. 2017
Noun
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After the song kicked in, Black recapped some of his films since his last appearance on the late night show, and then headed into the studio audience.—
William Vaillancourt,
Rolling Stone,
6 Apr. 2025
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The actors, currently starring in a revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, were spotted in the crowd of SNL when host Jack Black went into the audience during his monologue song.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Characters like Felix and Oswald have kind of an unfortunate connection to theater insofar as they’re associated with blackface minstrelsy—the notoriously racist form of stage performance where actors would blacken their faces, wear white gloves, and perform clownish antics.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
9 Oct. 2024
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Henry counted among her influences American minstrelsy, European clowning traditions, and her own collection of African masks.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
22 Oct. 2024
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“Rhyme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rhyme. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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