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as in winner
one that defeats an enemy or opponent
no one likes to see the beater of our team in the play-offs
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Recent Examples of beater
Following her trade from the Sparks, Rickea Jackson will be teammates with Chicago Sky center Kamilla Cardoso, whose game-winning buzzer beater for the Gamecocks took down the former’s Tennessee team at the 2024 Southeastern Conference tournament.
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Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
The daily beaters, available in small or mini size, come in yellow, white, and rose gold, with diamonds on the bezel of the latter two.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2026
Williams can live on option routes, pivots and zone-beaters.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
May came to the Wolverines after running the program at Florida Atlantic University, taking that program to the Final Four in 2023 and coming up one buzzer-beater shy of playing for a national title.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
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Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
The daily beaters, available in small or mini size, come in yellow, white, and rose gold, with diamonds on the bezel of the latter two.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2026
Williams can live on option routes, pivots and zone-beaters.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
May came to the Wolverines after running the program at Florida Atlantic University, taking that program to the Final Four in 2023 and coming up one buzzer-beater shy of playing for a national title.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beater
Noun
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Gestation crates confine breeding sows, animals that can weigh over 500 pounds, to a space roughly the size of a refrigerator box for most of their lives.—
Jesse Plunkett,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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The production begins with a DJ (Ken Ard) rifling through a crate of vinyl records.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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Baseball region semifinal Game 1 winners included Lake Mary, TFA, Orangewood and Winter Springs.—
Johnny Gorches,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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Tune in to the next episode to see if the winner will extend the streak or go home.—
USA TODAY Staff,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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On the first pitch, Casey, who weighs almost twice as much as me, took the biggest whipper (a giant climbing fall) of his life.—
The Editors,
Outside,
13 Feb. 2026
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Across 17 tracks, Amos positions herself as both conqueror and coward, exploring how the greed and individualism of modern society has allowed tech feudalists and 21st-century robber barons to make out like kings.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
1 May 2026
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European conquerors Nottingham Forest, decades on from their logic-defying success, were back.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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“Beater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beater. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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