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as in winner
one that defeats an enemy or opponent
no one likes to see the beater of our team in the play-offs
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Recent Examples of beater
Apologies go to Zion Williamson’s 360 dunk and Trae Young’s half-court buzzer beater for missing the GIF cut.
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Chris Branch, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Suggs helped Gonzaga advance to the NCAA tournament championship by defeating UCLA with a game-winning buzzer beater in overtime.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
This pastry beater though is a cheap, easy way to protect your pie crusts while still giving you the ease of making dough with an electric mixer.
—Noah Kaufman, Bon Appétit, 9 Oct. 2024
The 12-speed mixer boasts 500 watts of power and comes with a bunch of useful accessories, including a flat beater, pouring shield, dough hook, stainless steel bowl and a whisk.
—Will Porter, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
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Chris Branch, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Suggs helped Gonzaga advance to the NCAA tournament championship by defeating UCLA with a game-winning buzzer beater in overtime.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
This pastry beater though is a cheap, easy way to protect your pie crusts while still giving you the ease of making dough with an electric mixer.
—Noah Kaufman, Bon Appétit, 9 Oct. 2024
The 12-speed mixer boasts 500 watts of power and comes with a bunch of useful accessories, including a flat beater, pouring shield, dough hook, stainless steel bowl and a whisk.
—Will Porter, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beater
Noun
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It will be removed from its display case when conservation work begins in the fall of 2025, then packaged in a conservation crate before being moved to temporary reserves.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN,
20 Feb. 2025
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The foster mom in the van following on the ground—the two women take turns driving and flying—had to go back to the start, and then spend hours on the airfield, in the blistering sun, herding the birds into crates, before driving hours to rejoin the others.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The 2025 Premio Lo Nuestro ceremony has arrived, and the first winners have been announced on social media.—
Sigal Ratner-Arias,
Billboard,
20 Feb. 2025
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Along with Williams, two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova was also given a wild card to Indian Wells, organizers announced on Wednesday.—
Manasi Pathak,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Within these fantasy walls, Evie and her fellow players exist as conquerors and deities that reach stratospheric heights.—
David John Chávez,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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Manifest destiny plays its part, too, as the struggle between enterprising pioneers and tragic, courageous native tribes ignites nostalgia, at least in some, for a time when Americans were unapologetic conquerors.—
Michael M. Rosen,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Beater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beater. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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