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world-beater

British  

noun

  1. a person or thing that surpasses all others in its category; champion

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Sinner went from world-beater to looking like a guy roaming around the Tuileries garden in his pajamas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

Bruce Wayne had Alfred Pennyworth; Yamamoto has Yada Sensei, personal trainer Osamu Yada, a 60-something Japanese judo therapist whose unique training regimen has helped turn his star pupil into a world-beater.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026

The former Manchester United player, who won the World Cup with France, was supremely talented and in bursts looked an absolute world-beater - but he never really showed it on a consistent basis.

From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024

Mayfield may not be the world-beater the Browns hoped he would be when they drafted him first overall in 2018.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2022

"You're a world-beater, sure thing, and I'm going to get you yet!"

From Money Magic A Novel by Hamlin Garland

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