backbeat

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Recent Examples of backbeat Their descriptions and accounts have been the backbeat as the franchise moved from Candlestick Park to the shores of McCovey Cove in 2000. Jayson Stark, New York Times, 19 June 2025 Just like the drum machine is a tool for musicians to enhance the backbeat of a song, Provenonce enhances, not replaces, the job of an individual or corporate marketing team. Larry Dvoskin, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025 For more than 15 years, Adrian Younge has provided the backbeat for a large swath of Black entertainment — literally. Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025 Along with resonate vocals from both, credit Mars’ rhythmic instincts for including drums that power the urgency of the song’s lyrics, with fills nudging the chorus instead of existing merely as a backbeat. Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for backbeat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backbeat
Noun
  • Events unfurled to the rhythm of only one racket.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • After a few hiccups, the crew finds their rhythm in the 2015 original, only to be joined by four new emotions in the 2024 sequel.
    Sydni Ellis, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Traditional marketing mix modeling has typically been slow to field and refresh—often taking weeks to months to build and then updating on quarterly or biannual cadences, which means insights can arrive long after campaigns have ended.
    Kiri Masters, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • SpaceX has spent more than six years delivering the satellites to orbit with a regular cadence of rocket launches from both Florida and California.
    Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At just 265 meters long but climbing a steep 17 percent gradient, the Glória Funicular saves passengers a challenging uphill walk in only about three minutes.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • On the eastern side of the escarpment near Noto Canyon is a deposit of sediment reaching up to 800 meters thick.
    Elizabeth Fernandez, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Backbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backbeat. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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