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Recent Examples of world-beater
Bruce Wayne had Alfred Pennyworth; Yamamoto has Yada Sensei, personal trainer Osamu Yada, a 60-something Japanese judo therapist whose unique training regimen has helped turn his star pupil into a world-beater.
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Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
That said, Pickett isn’t necessarily a world-beater.
—Mike Kaye
updated March 9, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
Credit to the Trojans for taking UConn on, for bringing these world-beaters back out West to play before a crowd of 9,035 on Saturday.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 14 Dec. 2025
Mike McGlinchey did a bang-up job in warding off Raiders world-beater Maxx Crosby last week.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 14 Dec. 2025
The efforts to build a world-beater had delivered a streamlined full-size rear-wheel-drive sedan packing a brand-new 4.0-liter V8 making 242 hp, capable of pushing the car to 155 mph while also evading the federal gas guzzler tax.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2025
In the knee-jerk world of modern football, yesterday’s world-beaters are tomorrow’s frauds.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Of course, much changes over the course of two years, and there are some legitimate contenders who look like world-beaters.
—Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Given an opportunity to compete in open markets, Midwest agriculture is a world-beater.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
That said, Pickett isn’t necessarily a world-beater.
—Mike Kaye
updated March 9, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
Credit to the Trojans for taking UConn on, for bringing these world-beaters back out West to play before a crowd of 9,035 on Saturday.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 14 Dec. 2025
Mike McGlinchey did a bang-up job in warding off Raiders world-beater Maxx Crosby last week.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 14 Dec. 2025
The efforts to build a world-beater had delivered a streamlined full-size rear-wheel-drive sedan packing a brand-new 4.0-liter V8 making 242 hp, capable of pushing the car to 155 mph while also evading the federal gas guzzler tax.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2025
In the knee-jerk world of modern football, yesterday’s world-beaters are tomorrow’s frauds.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Of course, much changes over the course of two years, and there are some legitimate contenders who look like world-beaters.
—Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Given an opportunity to compete in open markets, Midwest agriculture is a world-beater.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for world-beater
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The Miami Open tournament has tennis fans heading to Hard Rock Stadium through March 29 to watch some of the sport’s biggest names and to see who the breakout champ may be.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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The Huskies are defending champs and will be tough to beat, having posted a 34-0 record, beating teams, on average, by nearly 40 points per game.—
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
16 Mar. 2026
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The Phoenix were the Horizon League regular-season champion and earned the conference’s automatic berth by beating Youngstown State for the league’s tournament championship.—
John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
16 Mar. 2026
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The Gators are the defending champion, trying to repeat their back-to-back titles from 2006-07.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Mar. 2026
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Dustin Satloff / Getty Images file As Georgetown’s superstar center, Patrick Ewing won one NCAA championship game, in 1984, and lost two other finals — on Michael Jordan’s game-winning shot in 1982 and in an all-time upset to Villanova in 1985.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
17 Mar. 2026
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In February, basketball superstar and Hopkins native Paige Bueckers donated $50,000 to the Hopkins Education Foundation to help with food insecurities and rent relief during the immigration crackdown.—
Marielle Mohs,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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The Tommies will meet Minnesota State Mankato in the CCHA’s Mason Cup title game next weekend, with the victor earning an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament.—
Dean Spiros,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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The victor earns an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Mar. 2026
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When told that Montreal is now the new official Guinness titleholder, though, Pavlopoulos expressed cool indifference, pointing out that therein lies a key difference in the tale of two cities.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Sir Robert Menzies turned them into a private apartment for the use of the titleholder in the 1960s.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
10 Feb. 2026
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The Big 12 player of the year hit the game-winner from the right side — while also falling to his right with the Cyclones’ Killyan Toure closely guarding.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
14 Mar. 2026
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Chilean architect Smiljan Radić Clarke has been named the winner of the 2026 Pritzker Prize, architecture’s most prestigious honor.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
13 Mar. 2026
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The 31-time Costa Rican champions and current Central America Cup titlists, which is what guaranteed them entry into this stage of the competition, scored on their first shot late in the first half.—
Josh Gross,
Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Wave general manager Camille Ashton was a versatile player for the program’s first national titlist.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Nov. 2025
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“World-beater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world-beater. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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