upbeat

His second reason to remain upbeat is that most stocks have been hanging in there even as major indexes drop, due to “resilient” market breadth — the number of stocks rising versus those falling.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

"I'm an extremely upbeat person. I'm always happy," he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Most Asian stocks rose Friday as another soft US inflation reading solidified expectations the Federal Reserve will hold off hiking interest rates, while a further drop in oil prices added to the upbeat mood.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Not all of Sybylla’s experiences are upbeat or encouraging—she is constitutionally incapable of conforming, which gets her in constant trouble among the more proper circles into which she is thrust.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Mervin Smith was upbeat and chatty He talked, as he drove, about how hot it was, how rolling blackouts were sure to come.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“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