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Recent Examples of backbeat
Tursi further developed the guitar section with a skippy, carefree vibe while dialing up a new wave-era tone and reverb, with drummer Whit Sellers continuing a relentless backbeat.
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Tom Roland, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
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
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Tom Roland, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backbeat
Noun
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These chapters are about the rhythms of life for this person, a college teacher.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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The four of them built a new rhythm together, finding comfort in each other amid the bustle of everyday life.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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According to Huck, the launch cadence isn’t expected to slow down in 2026.—
Emily Burns,
Footwear News,
4 Nov. 2025
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Its reusability, coupled with clean fuel, aligns with growing defense interest in sustainable, repeatable test platforms that can dramatically reduce costs and accelerate flight cadence.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Still, there’s a long way to go to match bats, which can contract and compress their muscles to listen only to certain echoes and can detect something as small as a human hair from several meters away.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
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Vanguard operates at a depth of about 65 feet (20 meters), a depth that divers can access with standard scuba gear.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Backbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backbeat. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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