Examples of world-beating in a Sentence
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In the early twentieth century, Germany boasted a world-beating industrial base and top engineering talent but ultimately failed to establish enduring regional hegemony.
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Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Among those in the last category Freston dealt with personally was Sumner Redstone, the intransigent late media magnate, whose $3.4 billion takeover of Viacom in 1987 allowed Freston to grow MTV from a scrappy DIY upstart to a world-beating, generation-defining institution.
—Jake Nevins, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2025
Yet despite this dominance, the emergence of world-beating IP from South Korea and China, including games, animations, movies and streaming shows, has seemingly threatened the longtime supremacy of regional pop culture powerhouse Japan.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
Copenhagen will surprise you with everything from skiing in the city to an Instagram worthy tropical pool alongside world-beating cuisine.
—Michele Robson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Since June, the Mets have either been a world-beating team or a self-defeating team without much in between.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025
Alphabet remains on a roll as its world-beating streaming-video platform YouTube continues to dominate.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2025
Designers and engineers sought a ZR1 that was world-beating, yet approachable and refined.
—Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 25 June 2025
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Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Among those in the last category Freston dealt with personally was Sumner Redstone, the intransigent late media magnate, whose $3.4 billion takeover of Viacom in 1987 allowed Freston to grow MTV from a scrappy DIY upstart to a world-beating, generation-defining institution.
—Jake Nevins, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2025
Yet despite this dominance, the emergence of world-beating IP from South Korea and China, including games, animations, movies and streaming shows, has seemingly threatened the longtime supremacy of regional pop culture powerhouse Japan.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
Copenhagen will surprise you with everything from skiing in the city to an Instagram worthy tropical pool alongside world-beating cuisine.
—Michele Robson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Since June, the Mets have either been a world-beating team or a self-defeating team without much in between.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025
Alphabet remains on a roll as its world-beating streaming-video platform YouTube continues to dominate.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2025
Designers and engineers sought a ZR1 that was world-beating, yet approachable and refined.
—Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 25 June 2025
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“World-beating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/world-beating. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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