pulse
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I watch my pulse to gauge workout intensity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
“But with a nightmare I’d wake up with my pulse racing and think, ‘I’m OK, I survived.’
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
“They feel like it’s on the pulse of what’s happening now. They are bops. The challenge is I have to sing the songs in the voice that I’m in for that episode.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
More often, Ms. Frank deploys an unusual combination of instruments, such as piccolos and celesta, or a motif—like the short, repeated pulse that sounds like a cry—to create a dreamscape that is all her own.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Beat — Beat also has more than one meaning, but always refers to music with a steady pulse.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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