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as in pulses
a rhythmic expanding and contracting
he wears a pacemaker to help maintain a regular beating of his heart
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as in defeats
failure to win a contest
took a beating and ended up in second place
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Recent Examples of beatings
We are threatened with beatings and gunfire.
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Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
Colmenarez told the Herald that he was contacted that fall by the FBI, which wanted to talk with him about Quero Silva and the beatings at the national guard headquarters in Barquisimeto.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2026
The morality police patrol streets and other public areas looking for violators, who face arrest, fines, beatings, or detention.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026
Salaam recalls violent confrontations — tear gas, beatings and even police motorcycles driven into crowds.
—Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
In interviews with Fox News Digital, three former detainees described a system designed not just to punish dissent, but to break it through solitary confinement, beatings, medical neglect and threats of execution.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 17 Jan. 2026
But after a special prosecutor investigated beatings at the hands of Chicago police, the Illinois Appellate Court ordered a hearing on Wrice’s torture claim.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
School desegregation, voting rights and public-accommodation battles – especially across the South – had led to shootings and beatings of African Americans by white counterprotesters and police.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
Colmenarez told the Herald that he was contacted that fall by the FBI, which wanted to talk with him about Quero Silva and the beatings at the national guard headquarters in Barquisimeto.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2026
The morality police patrol streets and other public areas looking for violators, who face arrest, fines, beatings, or detention.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026
Salaam recalls violent confrontations — tear gas, beatings and even police motorcycles driven into crowds.
—Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
In interviews with Fox News Digital, three former detainees described a system designed not just to punish dissent, but to break it through solitary confinement, beatings, medical neglect and threats of execution.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 17 Jan. 2026
But after a special prosecutor investigated beatings at the hands of Chicago police, the Illinois Appellate Court ordered a hearing on Wrice’s torture claim.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
School desegregation, voting rights and public-accommodation battles – especially across the South – had led to shootings and beatings of African Americans by white counterprotesters and police.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beatings
Noun
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These features cannot be made by a single star that pulses and ejects material periodically; that would simply lead to a smooth distribution of matter.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
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Even the background of Mario’s world pulses with life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The night was young, the start of a grueling journey to back-to-back defeats in the Lakers’ penultimate game before the All-Star break.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
11 Feb. 2026
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For much of 2025, their doldrums felt much worse than the typical rough patch that parties endure after bad election defeats.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Those market jitters saw over $1 trillion wiped from the market caps of big tech firms, though some stocks have since recovered some of their losses.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2026
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Its benefits include greater energy capture without atmospheric losses, near-continuous sunlight, as well as optimal sun-facing orientation.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This earnings season, Europe's biggest pharma companies posted results ranging from 7% beats to 3% misses — but no one really cared.—
Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
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But the textures also start to get too uniformly shadowy, the beats too stiff.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Everyone in life faces obstacles and setbacks while trying to achieve hopes and dreams without realizing what God is doing, Tebow said.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
15 Feb. 2026
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Bubic didn’t experience any setbacks.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Beatings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beatings. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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