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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
And in Game 1 of this year’s conference finals, Haliburton did that same choke taunt after his game-tying buzzer beater capped a 17-point fourth-quarter comeback and forced overtime at the Garden.
Haliburton, 25, averaged 21.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 10.5 assists per game in the conference finals.
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Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 1 June 2025
In the West, the Clippers-Nuggets series is tied 2-2 following a buzzer beater dunk by Denver's Aaron Gordon on Saturday.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Their products are world beaters which open affordable drone photography to even the least skilled consumer.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Lights-out shooting from Aaron Nesmith was the catalyst for the comeback, but Tyrese Haliburton's buzzer beater to send the game to overtime was the defining highlight of the night.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
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Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 1 June 2025
In the West, the Clippers-Nuggets series is tied 2-2 following a buzzer beater dunk by Denver's Aaron Gordon on Saturday.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Their products are world beaters which open affordable drone photography to even the least skilled consumer.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Lights-out shooting from Aaron Nesmith was the catalyst for the comeback, but Tyrese Haliburton's buzzer beater to send the game to overtime was the defining highlight of the night.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beater
Noun
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The Roadrunner is built to be launched out of its own packing crate; before the test flight, the engineers placed one of those crates in the scrub, as tumbleweeds skittered by.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Crate Cover This crate cover provides privacy, security and creates a cozy atmosphere to help reduce anxious behaviors like barking and chewing. Crate Pad This machine-washable crate pad functions as a mattress but can double as a dog bed.—
Kelsey Monstrola,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Vote at the link at the bottom of the winners list, and see all the pictures of the students in the video above.—
Andy Humbles,
The Tennessean,
14 July 2025
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Top Chef: Just Desserts winner Chris Hanmer changed the game with the 2013 opening of his CH Pâtisserie, and the ensuing decade has seen such newcomers as BibiSol Bodega + Provisions, where chef-owner Marcela Salas combines modern Mexican flavors with ancient Indigenous techniques.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
14 July 2025
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While pestilence crept over the walls of cities and the countryside fell into desolation—many foreign conquerors of Europe knew how to fight and plunder but not to plow or sow—the monks preserved words.—
Bernd Roeck
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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Those proteins—called effectors—attack specific targets that collectively disable the host's defense responses and make the host more hospitable for its bacterial conqueror.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2025
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“Beater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beater. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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