beat out
verb
beat out; beaten out or beat out; beating out; beats out
1
: to make or perform by or as if by beating
2
: to mark or accompany by beating
3
: to turn (a routine ground ball or a bunt) into a hit in baseball by fast running to first base
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Xie Lei beat out a short list that included Bianca Bondi, Eva Nielsen, and Lionel Sabatté.
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News Desk, Artforum, 27 Oct. 2025
A-fib is an irregular, quivering or often rapid heart rhythm resulting from the heart’s upper chambers, the atria, beating out of sync with the lower chambers, the ventricles.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Smith sprinted down the line to beat out a double play that permitted Ohtani to come home.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
The brand was the only one to score 5 out of 5 on Consumer Reports' scale, beating out BMW, Tesla, Porsche and Lexus.
—Liam Rappleye, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
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News Desk, Artforum, 27 Oct. 2025
A-fib is an irregular, quivering or often rapid heart rhythm resulting from the heart’s upper chambers, the atria, beating out of sync with the lower chambers, the ventricles.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Smith sprinted down the line to beat out a double play that permitted Ohtani to come home.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
The brand was the only one to score 5 out of 5 on Consumer Reports' scale, beating out BMW, Tesla, Porsche and Lexus.
—Liam Rappleye, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Beat out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat%20out. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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