beat
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Ellis: I was working at a research-driven stock brokerage, and every client I spoke with was certain they could beat the market.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
That beat analysts’ expectations for a 0.5% slip in its top line to 219.7 million euros for the period, according to a consensus of estimates provided by the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
PayPal’s stock jumped 4% to $58.32 Tuesday after the company reported second-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Exit polling found that Republican Sen. Ted Cruz beat Democrat Colin Allred by 18 percentage points among non-college-educated Texans in 2024.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
I manage to beat my personal best in the pool.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
He says the miner’s 1H profit and cash flow beats appear to be largely driven by lower taxes and higher contributions from joint-venture partners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
If a stock beats expectations for earnings per share and that company’s management team estimates continuing growth for sales and profits, then analysts are likely to raise their own estimates.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Past findings produced by Wada suggest micro-dosing could evade detection methods, and so the scope to cheat in professional sport remains, meaning all efforts must be taken to ensure nobody beats the system.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
These are early beats that begin in the lower chamber of the heart.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
If a measure or group of measures has more or fewer beats, the time signature must change.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Paze says its June promotional campaign has beaten its forecasts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Wales attacking midfielder Harry Wilson made his first outing for Leeds United as they were beaten 3-2 by Wrexham in the club's opening pre-season game.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
My family has long been Angels fans, but we’ve finally been beaten into submission.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
But Joshua has not beaten an established heavyweight since getting the better of Otto Wallin in December 2023.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The Yankees had beaten the Giants in game seven of the World Series.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Quarterly revenue for General Dynamics rose 8.1% to $14.09 billion, beating Wall Street expectations of $13.52 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
This may be one of those situations in which beating expectations is not necessarily a good thing.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Lisa-Kaindé is the bleeding heart who whispers divinity into her lyrics, and Naomi grounds them with the beating pulse of her percussion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Ford’s second-quarter revenue fell to $48.3 billion from $50.18 billion a year earlier, beating analyst expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Her heart was beating a million miles a minute.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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