beats (down)

present tense third-person singular of beat (down)

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Verb
  • Best Time to Visit While Lenox, Massachusetts, shines in all four seasons, the town truly shines in the fall, when the maples, oaks, and birches in the area turn fiery colors.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Beyond this, chromium shines in decorative chrome plating for automobiles, fixtures, and machinery.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Someone who beams when an expert tastes her homemade apple butter and genuinely enjoys it.
    Erin Hill, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The acid help brightens your food.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The base is a cream cheese custard, smooth and mild, with a drizzle of guava over top that brightens every bite.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Joy radiates in the room, and a dog-eat-dog environment where people cut each other off is replaced by open collaboration.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The Palais des Festivals still radiates glamour, the Croisette is perfect for a stroll, and the beach clubs invite long, golden afternoons with rosé and Riviera breeze.
    Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This one goal for Dolphins and another for Hurricanes will define success or failure in 2025 // Strobe lights?
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
  • As such, wardrobe styling and other modes of non-verbal communication — from raising an eyebrow or throwing a cutting look to the way one lights a cigarette or sways to a disco beat — were particularly key to creating character.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Beats (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beats%20%28down%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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