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beats (in)

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present tense third-person singular of beat (in)

as in cuts in

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Before the Medicaid cuts passed, a huge lobbying campaign to spare hospitals didn’t stop the law — and the cuts in some ways became more severe as lobbyists pressed lawmakers to reel them back.

— Daniel Payne, STAT, 27 Aug. 2026
In response to the crisis, the federal government recently finalized steep cuts in how much water Arizona, California and Nevada can draw from the Colorado River, prompting a lawsuit from Nevada.

— Swasti Singhai, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

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