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world-beating

  • a word derived from world-beater.
    world-beater
    noun
    a person or thing that surpasses all others in its category; champion

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To ship billions of phones, Mr. Cook perfected selling last year’s not-so-state-of-the-art hardware combined with next year’s world-beating software.

From The Wall Street Journal May 3, 2026

Japanese authorities have abundant instruments to restrain bond yields, and by implication the interest costs on the country’s world-beating national debt, adds David Roberts, head of fixed income at Nedgroup Investments.

From Barron's Feb. 10, 2026

China is now big enough to mint a world-beating movie almost entirely on its own — and powerful enough to decide whether a Hollywood tentpole merely succeeds, or becomes truly historic.

From MarketWatch Dec. 31, 2025

In many ways, “Buckingham Nicks” was the blueprint for Fleetwood Mac’s world-beating success, not to mention the evolving sound of Southern California rock.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2025

Ike Webb was saying this—that the biggest thing in the whole created world was a big scoop—an exclusive, world-beating, bottled-up scoop of a scoop.

From The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb