upbeat
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The 47-year-old composer exudes an infectiously upbeat energy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The former Manchester mayor comes off as a gregarious, upbeat fellow with an admittedly nerdy overlay.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Bank of America analyst Justin Post is even more upbeat, writing that cloud growth could reach 70% in the second quarter as Google accelerates capacity expansion.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
A hectic day in markets lifted stocks Tuesday, thanks to booming bank profits and an unexpectedly upbeat inflation report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
With all the support I’d received from neighbors and strangers today, I was strangely upbeat.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
“He took care with short notes that shouldn’t be hurried over, and with upbeats, which can be more important than downbeats — all the things that magic is made of.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2017
An unusually upbeat beginning to the festival, then, or at least it would have been were Dennehy's upbeats more easily distinguished from his down.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 19, 2012
Tuesday’s first set began as the album does: with “España,” a kinetic concoction set in 5/4 meter, its springy melody hitting the upbeats in a minor scale.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2011
The first important bebop drummers, of which he was one, used silences and moderation and self-imposed restrictions to make their sneaked upbeats pop more vividly.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2010
Turnage was lucky to find an ideal conductor in David Robertson, a musician both consistently upbeat and unfailingly precise with his upbeats.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 27, 2010
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