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beast

[beest] / bist /


NOUN
coarse, crude, or cruel person
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With 19 policymakers, it is difficult to make progress given diverse individual perspectives, strongly held views and the challenge of reforming such a complicated beast.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Shannon also holds special events at her book shop, celebrating the release of Gruffalo Granny by Julia Donaldson, with a special visit from the beast himself.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

And so, on a late morning in late August, I buzzed the seventh floor and rode the elevator straight into the belly of the beast.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

The scaly beast looked curious as it walked atop the reams of vinyl at Manak’s bar, on the ground floor of Stones Throw’s offices, which take up half a block on Figueroa Avenue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

No beast of prey could fit into that log, or reach beak, talon, fang, or claw deep enough to get at Abel where he planned to sleep.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

“No truth appears to me more evident,” David Hume declared in 1739, “than that beasts are endowed with thought and reason as well as men.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Industry big beasts Christian Dior and Saint Laurent will send their models out on Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Their work is a cultural bridge much like Ashitaka’s effort to bring the worlds of beasts and men together for a common cause, depicting what Miyazaki sees as one of humanism’s central conundrums.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

Instead of a budget rampaging out of control, it’s the beasts themselves, particularly Irene, a stunning creation that resembles a glop of marmalade with eyeballs bubbling up to the surface.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Out of the door bounded a huge black dog exactly like the beasts that had attacked Nhamo on her first night in Zimbabwe!

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer


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