world-beating

adjective

: better than all others of the same kind
a world-beating athlete/car

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The Chinese military, which has the largest navy in the world thanks to its world-beating shipbuilding industry, did not send any of its aircraft carriers to sea. Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025 Instead, the shock announcement last week has reignited fears in Taiwan about losing its crown jewel, its world-beating semiconductor industry, to the US due to political pressure. Wayne Chang, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025 Indonesia’s world-beating nickel industry has been rattled by reports of a government tax hike and the surprise sell-down of a stake in a leading producer by a major investor just as the price of the metal shows signs of a recovery. Tim Treadgold, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025 Even Lynch’s prowess as a world-beating stock-picker was overstated. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025 The style of the ’60s S-Type sports saloon—bold and feline when introduced—just looked frumpy on the new model of the same name that was launched in 1999 and intended to take on BMW’s world-beating 5-Series. Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2025 Las Vegas Aces: B The Aces have already lost two more games than all of last season, exhibiting significantly more mortality than their 2023 world-beating iteration. Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 24 July 2024 Investor interest in India’s renewable-energy sector has been surging amid a world-beating rally in some stocks this year. Samuel Burke, Fortune Asia, 29 Oct. 2024 Todd is now the billionaire founder of a world-beating, all-in-one social-media, gaming, and commerce platform called Playground—and also the discreet money behind the seasteading endeavor. Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024

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“World-beating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/world-beating. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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