muscle memory
nounDefinition of muscle memory
: the ability to repeat a specific muscular movement with improved efficiency and accuracy that is acquired through practice and repetition
They practice their routines with mind-numbing repetitiveness, for hours and days, weeks and years, so that each spinning, twisting landing off the high bar becomes an act of muscle memory.— E. M. Swift
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Pitchfork devotees can work from muscle memory: like last year, gates will open at noon sharp each day. — Nicole Blackwood, chicagotribune.com, "Pitchfork 2019 guide: What to know if you go," 16 July 2019 But the muscle memory of cable news as entertainment is hard to retrain. — Sarah Ellison, Washington Post, "CNN and Jeff Zucker plot 2020 election coverage and promise things will be different," 30 July 2019 Perhaps a pro-level player might feel the difference in the precisely timed muscle memory needed for precision maneuvers, but Stadia certainly felt up to the game's twitch-heavy design from my point of view. — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, "Stadia’s E3 Doom Eternal demo made me a cloud gaming believer," 13 June 2019 The same way an athlete develops muscle memory during training, vaccines help your immune system develop memory cells so antibodies can respond better and faster to antigens (any foreign cell or substance that triggers an immune response). — CNN, "These dogs are getting a cancer vaccine. If it works, humans could be next," 21 June 2019 Winning difficult games is embedded in the Warriors’ muscle memory, pulsing through their collective veins. — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, "Warriors need another visit from Elimination Game Klay Thompson," 9 June 2019 By now, every single x-ray astronomer on Earth has had their career—and muscle memory—touched by you, NASA’s flagship x-ray telescope. — National Geographic, "Dear Chandra: How x-rays became the bright spot in my sky," 5 June 2019 These actions are becoming embedded in my muscle memory. — Lauren Depino, Glamour, "My Scoliosis Caused Me Pain and Shame—Then It Helped Me Learn to Find Alignment," 10 Apr. 2019 Hooping is all about muscle memory, Spiegel told us. — Nicole Tsong, The Seattle Times, "As it turns out, there’s a lot more to hooping than just keeping it at waist level," 29 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'muscle memory.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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