beaten

Example Sentences

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You have beaten that rather rough and, frankly, outdated calculator to determine your Roth/traditional IRA balance.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

But you also shouldn’t count out LeBron; the kid from Akron has beaten the odds before.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

To put that result into context, Arsenal had never even scored a goal at Old Trafford in the Premier League era before then, let alone beaten them there.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Thatcher shot back, “they might have beaten us at our national sport, but we managed to beat them at their national sport twice in the 20th century.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

I made it through the morning, but I was beaten in the semis and ended up in third place.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge