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as in brute
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
she's a real beast to anyone who makes the mistake of crossing her
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as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
he always has to act like a beast whenever things don't go his way
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as in animal
one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings
a frigid night that was fit for neither man nor beast
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as in headache
a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work
controlling the state's vast bureaucracy has always been a beast
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Recent Examples of beast
Zach Bogosian was a beast all night, including coming up with a big-time block in the final couple of minutes.
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Michael Russo, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Lopez, for instance, has discovered a beast called the Giant Arc—a curve of galaxies strung across some 3.3 billion light-years.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2025
There are ferocious beasts on both sides, each one capable of turning the tide.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
This beast not only looks amazing, rides fantastic, handles unbelievably, but the power is what sets it apart from the rest.
—Marc D Grasso, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
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Michael Russo, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Lopez, for instance, has discovered a beast called the Giant Arc—a curve of galaxies strung across some 3.3 billion light-years.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2025
There are ferocious beasts on both sides, each one capable of turning the tide.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
This beast not only looks amazing, rides fantastic, handles unbelievably, but the power is what sets it apart from the rest.
—Marc D Grasso, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beast
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Maliki is a divisive brute whom Iran supports to the hilt.Dov Friedman, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2014
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One million doctors to give care, 1.4 million brutes in cubicles doing their best to stop doctors from giving that care.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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Last year, the shelter found homes for more than 6,100 animals.Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
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For most animals, including humans, wildfires represent a dire threat.Scott Travers, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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At the Brentwood location of popular Italian eatery Jon & Vinny’s, staff complained of headaches and sore throats in a text message group chat.Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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The common symptoms of POTS include light-headedness, fainting, brain fog, fatigue, headache, blurred vision, tremors, and nausea.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Also tossed in are picturesque but gratuitous use of famous tourist landmarks as background, near-superheroic training montages, credible intimate character dynamics, a ruthless villain (Johan Heldenbergh as Vanaken) and action that in the home stretch goes absurdly over-the-top.Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
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And though Young and (especially) the perpetrators of the massacre are clearly the villains of the piece, their past history at least partly explains their choices.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
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The remains were found by two men who were running their dogs and looking for rocks, according to DNASolves.CBS News, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2023
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This included four search dogs, three doctors, a diving team and a water extraction contingent, Tunisia’s state news agency TAP reported.Rhea Mogul, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
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Unique creatures, odd animals and new species are discovered across the planet.Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
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By leveraging cutting-edge genetic engineering technologies, Colossal aims to restore these creatures to their rightful place in the ecosystem, potentially mitigating the devastating effects of biodiversity loss.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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Don't -- don't envy your job. EMMER: Two twenty-two to 219.ABC News, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Trump campaigned on putting 20% tariffs on all goods coming into the U.S. If that happens quickly – say, in the months between when a job is bid and when it's finished – that could make a solar project unprofitable.Jeff Brady, NPR, 12 Jan. 2025
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Set in a new location with new monsters, Wilds introduces a new type of mount, new monsters, an improved wound system, focus mode, and a new tool called the hook slinger.David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
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Are we meant to sympathize with this creature as people scream in terror and call it a monster and attack it and scream for it to be shot?Erik Kain, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Beast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beast. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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