best
adjective
of the highest quality, excellence, or standing.
has bested
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present perfectof best (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Dylan, 31, wins more often but Katie, 33, has bested her brother plenty of times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
Although Chalamet’s performance was widely celebrated, Adrien Brody of “The Brutalist” has bested Chalamet by winning every other major award this season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2025
Days after that image whipped around the world, little has bested it in the competition for defining photograph of these Summer Games.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2024
But that won’t be the case with the Paris Olympics, where officials will use a newly developed system to decide which b-boy or b-girl has bested their opponent in one-on-one battles.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
“No hero has bested me in a thousand years.”
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
