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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
March is all about momentum, and the Terps have it (on the court at least) after Derik Queen’s iconic buzzer-beater.
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Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2025
Later that evening, James made a buzzer-beater to help the Lakers defeat the Indiana Pacers and took to Instagram shortly after to clown SAS.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Only a Maryland buzzer-beater kept CSU from its first Sweet 16 since 1969.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Timing was not on Smith’s side; hours later, James made a buzzer-beater tip-in off a Luka Doncic missed floater to give the Los Angeles Lakers the victory over the Indiana Pacers.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2025
Later that evening, James made a buzzer-beater to help the Lakers defeat the Indiana Pacers and took to Instagram shortly after to clown SAS.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Only a Maryland buzzer-beater kept CSU from its first Sweet 16 since 1969.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Timing was not on Smith’s side; hours later, James made a buzzer-beater tip-in off a Luka Doncic missed floater to give the Los Angeles Lakers the victory over the Indiana Pacers.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beater
Noun
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One by one, the four California sea lions slid out of their crates and into the ocean.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 May 2025
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Harvested by hand, the olives are combed off onto nets, collected into crates and rushed to the mill to be pressed within 48 hours to guarantee oil of highest quality.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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With perennial winner Game of Thrones ineligible that year, oddsmakers had mostly settled on Netflix’s The Crown to take home the Drama Series award for its debut season.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
3 May 2025
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The 5th or 10th posts are the most popular, because more winners start from them than in any other position, analysis shows.—
Javier Zarracina,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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What caused the decline of ancient Alexandria? For centuries, historians have pinned the decline of Alexandra’s most important historical sites on its Arab conquerors: the Persians in 616 C.E., then ‘Amr ibn al-ʿĀṣ in 642.—
Hannah Edgar,
ARTnews.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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His attitude was in line with the consensus of his era, a time when urban elites ruled unchallenged over Andean countries that remained very much the home of conquerors and the conquered.—
Wade Davis,
Rolling Stone,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Beater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beater. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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