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upbeat

[uhp-beet] / ˈʌpˌbit /


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She highlights one track in particular, Invisible, as a change from her more upbeat releases.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

For one, the AI narrative is what’s fueling SpaceX’s stock and underpinning upbeat forecasts.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

“They do have an engagement challenge, but I’m actually very upbeat about their ability to turn it around.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Emmanuel Moulin was somewhat upbeat on the prospect that the French government would be able to achieve a significant fiscal consolidation over coming years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

A new president was in the White House, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a distant cousin of that most upbeat and energetic of presidents, Teddy Roosevelt.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

“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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