drumbeat

drum·beat | \ ˈdrəm-ˌbēt

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Definition of drumbeat

1 : a stroke on a drum or its sound also : a series of such strokes

2 : vociferous advocacy of a cause

3 : drumfire sense 2

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I could hear the drumbeat of a parade down the street. a dizzying drumbeat of interviews in the hours following her winning of the Academy Award

Recent Examples on the Web Free gift cards in Colleyville Colleyville, situated west of Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, marches to its own drumbeat. — Dallas News, "Dallas is booming with price gouging complaints while another city gives its residents free money," 26 Mar. 2020 Yet officials sense their continued drumbeat of warnings is losing its punch in Europe, so the administration is shifting its approach. — David Mccabe, BostonGlobe.com, "Huawei is winning the argument in Europe, as the US fumbles to develop alternatives," 17 Feb. 2020 Yet officials sense their continued drumbeat of warnings is losing its punch in Europe, so the administration is shifting its approach. — David Mccabe, New York Times, "Huawei Is Winning the Argument in Europe, as the U.S. Fumbles to Develop Alternatives," 17 Feb. 2020 The drumbeat of grim news — one million known coronavirus cases in the United States, businesses are collapsing, the unemployment rate could reach 16 percent — has done little to deter stocks’ upward march. — Matt Phillips, New York Times, "The Bad News Won’t Stop, but Markets Keep Rising," 29 Apr. 2020 Maybe the advice has started to sound repetitive, but the steady drumbeat about good personal hygiene and continued physical distancing carries on for a reason: Those measures have worked at slowing the spread of COVID-19, experts say. — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, "As Alaska continues to open, here’s what you can do to stay safe and healthy," 29 Apr. 2020 Since 2016, there has been a steady drumbeat from commentators insisting that something must have gone very wrong for the people to have allowed the election of Donald Trump. — Kevin Baker, Harper's Magazine, "Losing My Religion," 30 Mar. 2020 This steady drumbeat of ransomware attacks against state and local government agencies, including school districts, has not gone unnoticed by citizens. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "Back to school: With latest attack, ransomware cancels classes in Flagstaff," 5 Sep. 2019 Since 2016, there has been a steady drumbeat from commentators insisting that something must have gone very wrong for the people to have allowed the election of Donald Trump. — Kevin Baker, Harper's Magazine, "Losing My Religion," 30 Mar. 2020

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“Drumbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drumbeat. Accessed 5 Jun. 2020.

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