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beats (in)

verb

present tense third-person singular of beat (in)
as in cuts in

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  1. cuts in
  2. adds
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  • Commissioners also faced pressure to find about $30 million to reverse bus-service cuts in Levine Cava’s budget proposal.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Labor leaders say those sacrifices, coupled with deep staffing cuts in the 2010s, left agencies in social services, healthcare, public safety and other key fields unable to retain many workers.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
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  • Cornyn’s reaction — after the two Republicans spent months attacking each other on the campaign trail — adds further uncertainty as Hunt seeks Republican support.
    — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • HiveLink adds resilient networking L3Harris developed HiveLink to provide connectivity across contested operating environments.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
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“Beats (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beats%20%28in%29. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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