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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Kurtz unanimously beat out finalists Roman Anthony and teammate Jacob Wilson to secure the award, which marked the first time an A's player had won the award since Andrew Bailey in 2009.
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Aaron Coloma, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
Metsera — The obesity drug developer tumbled 15% after Pfizer won a bidding war to acquire the company, beating out rival Novo Nordisk.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
More silver Manny Machado won a third Silver Slugger on Thursday, beating out the Giants’ Matt Chapman, the Dodgers’ Max Muncy and the Braves’ Austin Riley for the NL award for third base.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
Indeed, Bad Bunny boasts 80 million monthly listeners on Spotify and was the platform's third-most popular artist globally in 2024 despite not releasing an album that year, beating out the likes of Drake, Billie Eilish, and Ariana Grande.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
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Aaron Coloma, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
Metsera — The obesity drug developer tumbled 15% after Pfizer won a bidding war to acquire the company, beating out rival Novo Nordisk.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
More silver Manny Machado won a third Silver Slugger on Thursday, beating out the Giants’ Matt Chapman, the Dodgers’ Max Muncy and the Braves’ Austin Riley for the NL award for third base.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
Indeed, Bad Bunny boasts 80 million monthly listeners on Spotify and was the platform's third-most popular artist globally in 2024 despite not releasing an album that year, beating out the likes of Drake, Billie Eilish, and Ariana Grande.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Beat out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat%20out. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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