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beater

noun

ˈbē-tər

Definition of beater

as in crate

a dilapidated old automobile he drives a beater that just barely runs

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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 The Tigers were upset in the Sweet 16 in March as a buzzer-beater by Duke’s Ashlon Jackson forced LSU’s earliest tournament exit since 2022. — David K. Li, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026 Beat on medium speed; the butter will go from chunky to pebbly to sandy, and then the mixture will ball up around the beaters. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 Using clean, dry bowl and beaters, beat egg whites on medium-high speed until soft peaks form. — Judy Bart Kancigor, Oc Register, 3 Sep. 2026 At a village not far from the nullah where the tigers were, a crew of about 100 beaters was rounded up. — Leslie E. Tassell, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for beater

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Noun

Dealers will be allowed to bring packing crates into the Grand Palais after the fair closes Friday, but no one will be permitted inside on Saturday, sources said.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Noyce, of Fairchild, went to a photography store and found a few serviceable lenses in a crate of antique movie cameras.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

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With Wright disqualified, Tamarac’s city website is informing voters that the election is off and Gelin is the winner.

— Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026
Perrette, who is Co-Chair & Chief Business Officer of Skydance‘s TV and direct-to-consumer divisions, was one of the big winners of the $110B merger.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of winner

Noun

Rubio’s idea of the West is both messier and simpler, populated by muscular explorers and conquerors, from Alexander the Great and the Frankish king Charlemagne to the conquistador Hernán Cortés and the frontiersmen of the American West.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
Located at the junction of three continents—Europe, Asia, and Africa—the region has historically been a crossroads for conquerors, peoples, trade, and ideas.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Sep. 2026

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