besting
- present participle of best.
Example Sentences
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The 21-year-old now has the best figures in the format, besting the previous record held by Bhutan's Sonam Yeshey, who took eight wickets for seven runs against Myanmar in a men's T20 international in 2025.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Tech shares regained some ground this past week, with the Nasdaq besting the Dow industrials.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026
Its stock rose 96% after we recommended it on Jan. 29, besting the S&P 500’s 15% rise.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
If you are worried that the odds of besting a system so ridiculously rigged are impossible, yet refuse to accept that nothing can be done, these stories may have spoken to you.
From Salon • Dec. 29, 2025
I tangled a bit with it, ended up besting him when he became impatient and tried to cut me from below.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
