world-beaters

noun

plural of world-beater
as in champs

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  1. champs
  2. champions
  3. victors
  4. superstars
  5. titleholders
  6. winners
  7. titlists
Noun
  • When the team hosted a 20th anniversary reunion for the 2002 champs, the players were forced to pay their own travel expenses.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The two-time defending national champs from Michigan scored 28 unanswered in the second half to ice the Gorillas in their opener at Carnie Smith Stadium.
    — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of champs
Noun
  • The Seahawks, of course, are the reigning Super Bowl champions, and the rest of the league is on high alert for some of Seattle’s most dangerous weapons.
    — Andrew Destin, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • At Shanksville, where hijackers of United Flight 93 crashed the jetliner after passengers fought back, the dead included two former college athletic champions – in rugby and judo – as well as an author who was three months pregnant.
    — Mike Kelly, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of champions
Noun
  • Both woman victors guarantees Tennesseans will have their first woman governor after November.
    — Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
  • One of Ford’s Model T’s initially landed in first place, but the victors were later disqualified because Ford’s team hadn’t followed the rules.
    — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of victors
Noun
  • With the imminent departure of Messi and Ronaldo from the scene, there’s a battle to push forward the next global superstars to take those places.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Fanatics Fest is the company’s big bet on experiential entertainment, letting fans see superstars like James, Brady, Bieber, Jalen Brunson and John Cena up close and personal.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of superstars
Noun
  • An entrepreneur, Hart is the owner of Ellen's Stardust Diner in midtown Manhattan where the former titleholders reunite every few years.
    — Noelle Lilley, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • The New York Knickerbockers were not the only titleholders at this week’s ticker-tape parade.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026
Definition of titleholders
Noun
  • Inter Double winners in Italy, Inter have lost Denzel Dumfries but supplemented their squad with a bunch of Englishmen, namely the ‘Three Lions’ of John Stones, Djed Spence and Curtis Jones.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The four group winners progress directly to Thursday’s quarterfinals, while the teams that finish second and third face playoffs Tuesday or Wednesday to determine which join the group winners already through to the final eight.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of winners
Noun
  • 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
  • The Eagles were state champions in 2022 and section titlists in 2023 and 2024.
    — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
Definition of titlists
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