beta
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
He also courted strong and straight — and unavailable — alpha men to whom he appeared happy to play the beta role of political ingénue.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
"Our work shows amyloid beta and tau compete for the same binding sites on microtubules, and that a-beta can prevent tau from functioning correctly," Julian said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
It will launch in beta later this year for iPhones that are compatible with Apple Intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
A beta version of Siri AI will be available later this year to supported devices set to English -- although not in the EU.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
“Rishi, why are you saying all this, beta? Where did you get these ideas? Plan sub change kar rahe ho—you’re changing all your plans. For whom? Dimple ne kuch kahaa?”
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
Defensive stocks in consumer staples, utilities, and healthcare, with betas larger than -0.1%, tend to gain when the market declines.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Consider the performance of a hypothetical portfolio that buys the 10% of stocks with the highest betas and sells short the decile of stocks with the lowest betas.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2025
“We’re betas pretending to be alphas,” Denton said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
If you missed out on those betas, you can at least get some idea of what the game will look like by watching some Overwatch League.
From The Verge ● Aug. 16, 2022
Greek letters move across the undersides of his eyelids: isosceles triangles, betas, sine curves.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
