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world beat

American

noun

(sometimes initial capital letters) any of various styles of popular music combining traditional, native forms with elements of another culture's music, especially of Western rock and pop.

Etymology

Origin of world beat

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

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Jones, ranked 817th in the world, beat Brazil's world number 101 Laura Pigossi 6-4 6-2 at the Copa Colsanitas.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2023

“I lovingly create them, accept their flaws, and set them loose in the narrative landscape and let the world beat them up a little as they inch themselves closer to self-realization.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2018

Brazil's Guilherme Toldo, ranked just 66th in the world, beat No. 2 Yoki Ota of Japan 15-13 to advance to the round of 16.

From US News • Aug. 7, 2016

His most surprising victory over Federer was his first, coming in the 2004 Olympics when the then unseeded 18-year-old Berdych, ranked 74th in the world, beat the World No1 Swiss in the second round.

From The Guardian • Nov. 15, 2015

I've seen better dog punchers than Elliot, but he's got the world beat at routin' old-timers out of bed and persuadin' them to kick in with him and buck a blizzard.

From The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North by Wolfe, George Ellis

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