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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
Any residual fat or grease on the beaters or the bowl can also prevent the egg whites from whipping up properly.
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
Following her trade from the Sparks, Rickea Jackson will be teammates with Chicago Sky center Kamilla Cardoso, whose game-winning buzzer beater for the Gamecocks took down the former’s Tennessee team at the 2024 Southeastern Conference tournament.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
The daily beaters, available in small or mini size, come in yellow, white, and rose gold, with diamonds on the bezel of the latter two.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2026
Williams can live on option routes, pivots and zone-beaters.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
Following her trade from the Sparks, Rickea Jackson will be teammates with Chicago Sky center Kamilla Cardoso, whose game-winning buzzer beater for the Gamecocks took down the former’s Tennessee team at the 2024 Southeastern Conference tournament.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
The daily beaters, available in small or mini size, come in yellow, white, and rose gold, with diamonds on the bezel of the latter two.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2026
Williams can live on option routes, pivots and zone-beaters.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beater
Noun
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Additional images showed an unknown number of snakes curled on top of one another inside a large crate that was placed in the back of an officer’s vehicle.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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Mapperton House, in Dorset, has seemingly endless trunks, plus the storage spaces are all packed with crates, most filled with the belongings of generations past.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Energy stocks—one of the few reliable winners of the conflict—sold off with oil.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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Without further ado, here are the winners and losers of NFL schedule release day.—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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On the first pitch, Casey, who weighs almost twice as much as me, took the biggest whipper (a giant climbing fall) of his life.—
The Editors,
Outside,
13 Feb. 2026
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Football, too, was brought to colonies by conquerors, only to be embraced by the conquered and remade anew.—
Franklin Leonard,
Vanity Fair,
14 May 2026
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But legend has it that despite the might of these ancient conquerors, pockets of Sardinia sometimes managed to defend themselves.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
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“Beater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beater. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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