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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
Their path to the top 10 included a thrilling last-second victory over #6 seed Back Bay, secured with a buzzer-beater goal.
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Katherine Anderson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
Still, the brand recommends vacuuming this rug without a beater bar or rotating brush for best results and longevity.
—Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 2 Aug. 2025
One of two female fare beaters was arrested Tuesday in the beatdown of an on-duty woman MTA employee at a Brooklyn subway station earlier this month, cops said.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 16 July 2025
The ideal KitchenAid stand mixer for beginners, this small-space friendly model comes with a coated flat beater, a coated dough hook, a six-wire whip, and a stainless steel mixing bowl.
—Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 July 2025
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Katherine Anderson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
Still, the brand recommends vacuuming this rug without a beater bar or rotating brush for best results and longevity.
—Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 2 Aug. 2025
One of two female fare beaters was arrested Tuesday in the beatdown of an on-duty woman MTA employee at a Brooklyn subway station earlier this month, cops said.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 16 July 2025
The ideal KitchenAid stand mixer for beginners, this small-space friendly model comes with a coated flat beater, a coated dough hook, a six-wire whip, and a stainless steel mixing bowl.
—Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beater
Noun
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Some French gunner, now long dead, had lifted it from a crate, shoved it into the breech of a cannon and fired it during that horrible year of 1916.—
Michael Jerome Plunkett
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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The TikTok clip shows the guilty-looking canine sitting in his crate after a moment of destructive chewing.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At the WellChild Awards in London on Monday, May 8, Harry, 40, chatted with 13-year-old Grace Tutt, a Special Recognition winner who uses a wheelchair following a bus crash.—
Erin Hill,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Yet Nigeria still boast depth, with new Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Tolu Arokodare scoring the winner in their 1-0 victory over Rwanda.—
Sindiswa Mabunda,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Many historians believe that modern chess originated from chaturanga, an ancient Indian board game that spread to the world via traders, pilgrims and conquerors.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
5 Aug. 2025
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Others contend he was poisoned by his viceroy Antipater, while more modern conjectures propose the weary conqueror had picked up typhoid fever or meningitis or was done in by his over-use of the medicine hellebore, then prescribed as a purgative as well as for gout and signs of insanity.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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“Beater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beater. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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