world-beating

adjective

: better than all others of the same kind
a world-beating athlete/car

Examples of world-beating in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The tariffs would likely have little immediate impact on Chinese firms, as its world-beating EV giants are mostly locked out of the American market by auto tariffs. Josh Wingrove, Fortune Asia, 10 May 2024 So, from world-beating rally cars to quirky French sedans, flick through the following pages to find out more about some of the best cars from the ‘70s. Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 21 Apr. 2024 Both Musk and Trump have warned of the specter of a world-beating Chinese EV industry. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024 The deer has a magnificent frame, long tines, lengthy beams, and world-beating brow tines. Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 2024 For all that, even world-beating innovation and adaptation will get an army only so far. Shashank Joshi, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024 The once world-beating Anheuser-Busch brand took a major hit in 2023 after sending a promotional can to trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney, which sparked a backlash from conservative media outlets and artists including Kid Rock, Travis Tritt and John Rich. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 6 Feb. 2024 In October, Microsoft overcame Federal Trade Commission resistance in federal court and closed its purchase of Activision Blizzard, makers of such world-beating games as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Diablo. Will Swaim, National Review, 6 Jan. 2024 The news does not come as a surprise after a year in which Swift staged a world-beating global tour and was seemingly ubiquitous in nearly every form of media — the report estimates one in 78 on-demand audio streams in the U.S. was a Swift song (note: that total does not include video). Jem Aswad, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024

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“World-beating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/world-beating. Accessed 28 May. 2024.

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