beat out
verb
beat out; beaten out or beat out; beating out; beats out
1
: to make or perform by or as if by beating
2
: to mark or accompany by beating
3
: to turn (a routine ground ball or a bunt) into a hit in baseball by fast running to first base
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Google worked with the Israeli military in the immediate aftermath of its ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, racing to beat out Amazon to provide AI services, according to company documents obtained by the Washington Post.
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Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 22 Jan. 2025
Glenn also beat out more than a dozen other coaches in the Jets’ extensive search, which included Brian Flores, Jeff Hafley, Ron Rivera and Rex Ryan, among others.
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, China appears to be developing some of the proposals beaten out by SMILE, such as a mission to put a constellation of small satellites in orbit around the moon to detect faint signals from the early universe.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2025
Glenn, who oversaw the Lions defense the last four years, beat out 15 other candidates for the job as the Jets went through an extensive search to find their next coach.
—Dennis Waszak Jr., Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
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Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 22 Jan. 2025
Glenn also beat out more than a dozen other coaches in the Jets’ extensive search, which included Brian Flores, Jeff Hafley, Ron Rivera and Rex Ryan, among others.
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, China appears to be developing some of the proposals beaten out by SMILE, such as a mission to put a constellation of small satellites in orbit around the moon to detect faint signals from the early universe.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2025
Glenn, who oversaw the Lions defense the last four years, beat out 15 other candidates for the job as the Jets went through an extensive search to find their next coach.
—Dennis Waszak Jr., Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Beat out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat%20out. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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