The Quest For Precision: AI's Grand Allegro In the realm of AI, precision is the grand allegro—a swift, soaring leap toward excellence. — Kannan Venkatraman, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024 The movement’s main tempo felt more andante than the marked allegro. — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2023 The Molto allegro finale has been thought to represent the pumping of ship engines. — Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Feb. 2023 In a drying and warming world, fast-developing meat-eaters and the allegro-singing fathers that sire them might have an edge. — Jason P. Dinh, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2022 See all Example Sentences for allegro
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Adverb or adjective
Italian, merry, from Vulgar Latin *alecrus lively, alteration of Latin alacr-, alacer
First Known Use1683, in the meaning defined above
Adverb Or Adjective
circa 1721, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler The first known use of allegro was in 1683
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