world-beating

adjective

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

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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 Even world-beating innovation and adaptation will get an army only so far. Shashank Joshi, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024 Lawrence is determined to create a world-beating team. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2024 In 2016, German team Hertha Berlin—a good if not world-beating performer on the field—experimented with price fluctuation to help fill its large 74,475-capacity Olympic Stadium. Henry Flynn, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024 Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie three years after Morissette’s world-beating 1995 album, Jagged Little Pill. Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 21 June 2024

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“World-beating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/world-beating. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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