BEATS (IN) Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

beats (in)

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present tense third-person singular of beat (in)

as in cuts in

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This increase in funding also comes in the wake of cuts in federal funding to the arts which have impacted numerous organizations.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Those crews, Coles said, were one of the casualties from a swath of federal budget cuts in the 1980s.

— Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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