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
Examples of drumbeat in a Sentence
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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Beijing and its proxies in the media have kept up a near-daily drumbeat of criticism.
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Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025
The drumbeat of discourse being counted on to drive interest in these movies can fuel resentment, creating feelings of being unfairly excluded from a conversation that the digital era has made inescapable.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2025
In a statement released Monday afternoon, the White House sought to highlight various reasons to feel confident in the economy amid a steady drumbeat of concern.
—Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 10 Mar. 2025
The tiresome, overconfident Musk finished second (29.3 percent), while an endless, if barely audible, drumbeat for Meghan Markle’s new lifestyle series was enough to earn the duchess third place (12.7 percent).
—airmail.news, 8 Mar. 2025
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Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025
The drumbeat of discourse being counted on to drive interest in these movies can fuel resentment, creating feelings of being unfairly excluded from a conversation that the digital era has made inescapable.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2025
In a statement released Monday afternoon, the White House sought to highlight various reasons to feel confident in the economy amid a steady drumbeat of concern.
—Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 10 Mar. 2025
The tiresome, overconfident Musk finished second (29.3 percent), while an endless, if barely audible, drumbeat for Meghan Markle’s new lifestyle series was enough to earn the duchess third place (12.7 percent).
—airmail.news, 8 Mar. 2025
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“Drumbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drumbeat. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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drumbeat
noun
drum·beat
ˈdrəm-ˌbēt
: a stroke on a drum or its sound
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