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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backbeat
Noun
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That unit didn’t have time to find a rhythm as Odegaard came off injured after 18 minutes, but like against Leeds United, Ethan Nwaneri was the player to fill the void.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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Lastly, Crawford's jab–to the body and stomach–were a rhythm disruptor for Canelo through the first half of the fight.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Voice biometrics can spot inconsistencies in tone and cadence, detecting when an AI is faking your speech.—
Ihar Kliashchou,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Pay-per-view, long the preferred way of distributing big boxing fights, has given way to group of sports streamers who are using the sport and its big-event cadence to keep subscribers paying.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni and Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker were on hand for the ceremonial breakthrough of the final meter of rock to open the first tunnel beneath the Brenner Pass, a key junction in an EU rail project that will one day run from Helsinki to Palermo.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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Having sat with Jones in their home studio, Ronson understood the language of digital sound meters, tape machines and knobs and faders, as well as the importance of reading the room.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Backbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backbeat. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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