world-beater

noun

Definition of world-beaternext
as in champ

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Recent Examples of world-beater That said, Pickett isn’t necessarily a world-beater. — Mike Kaye updated March 9, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026 Mike McGlinchey did a bang-up job in warding off Raiders world-beater Maxx Crosby last week. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 14 Dec. 2025 Credit to the Trojans for taking UConn on, for bringing these world-beaters back out West to play before a crowd of 9,035 on Saturday. — Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 14 Dec. 2025 Of course, much changes over the course of two years, and there are some legitimate contenders who look like world-beaters. — Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for world-beater
Recent Examples of Synonyms for world-beater
  1. champ
  2. champion
  3. superstar
  4. victor
  5. titleholder
  6. winner
  7. titlist
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  • Both were district champs last season, with Edgewater earning the 5A-5 title in a 12-1 season.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Whatever this promo performance for Season 32 champ Xochitl Gomez’s new Cat in the Hat movie is.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of champ
Noun
  • Also joining the company as a brand advisor is former Boston Bruins captain and Stanley Cup champion Patrice Bergeron.
    — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The league will crown a new champion at the end of the series.
    — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of champion
Noun
  • But superstars can do that, especially when the opposition has no way of clamping down on their output.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • For a superstar commanding nearly $50 million this season, the fine amounts to little more than loose couch cushion change.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of superstar
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  • Best Rap Album is no different, as last year’s winner was Kendrick Lamar, a multi-time victor whose chart-topping GNX album outlasted the field.
    — Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2026
  • With a bit more than a week until the second round of the Brazilian presidential election — pitting Lula against first-round victor Flávio Bolsonaro — images of my bandaged countenance are once more trending in Brazil.
    — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of victor
Noun
  • Academic titleholders at Cornell -- including professors, senior lecturers, librarians, archivists and others -- are eligible to be senators, who serve three-year terms.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Mission Austria, the organization that selects the Miss and Mister Austria titleholders, was among those paying tribute to Sisic on social media.
    — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of titleholder
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  • The researchers also found evidence that features of both states could briefly coexist, suggesting that their relationship is more complicated than a simple winner-takes-all competition.
    — Sven Badoux, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Tony Award winner Jonathan Groff will return to Broadway this winter in The Amish Project, a solo play written by Jessica Dickey and directed by Sarna Lapine.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of winner
Noun
  • The 26-time tour-level titlist beat Sinner in both of those finals, saving three championship points against the Italian in a historic clash in Paris.
    — Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The 31-time Costa Rican champions and current Central America Cup titlists, which is what guaranteed them entry into this stage of the competition, scored on their first shot late in the first half.
    — Josh Gross, Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
Definition of titlist

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