drumbeat
noun
drum·beat
ˈdrəm-ˌbēt 
1
: a stroke on a drum or its sound
also
: a series of such strokes
2
: vociferous advocacy of a cause
3
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I could hear the drumbeat of a parade down the street.
a dizzying drumbeat of interviews in the hours following her winning of the Academy Award
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Ali Winston, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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At its annual re:Invent conference this week, Amazon announced a steady drumbeat of product news and cameos, including a rare appearance by Apple, which touted AWS' custom AI chips for services like search.
—John Kell, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
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Ali Winston, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
But there was a louder drumbeat of business results, starting with an example in the opening video that described an AI use case worth $50 million annually to the customer.
—Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Throw in a drumbeat of antitrust talk — and, most recently, the hype around quantum computing, which helped kickstart a furious, more than 11% December rally for the stock.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
At its annual re:Invent conference this week, Amazon announced a steady drumbeat of product news and cameos, including a rare appearance by Apple, which touted AWS' custom AI chips for services like search.
—John Kell, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
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drumbeat
noun
drum·beat
ˈdrəm-ˌbēt
: a stroke on a drum or its sound
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