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beast

[beest] / bist /


NOUN
coarse, crude, or cruel person
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But developing a new instructional regimen for complex high-stakes moon missions as the agency tries to aggressively ramp up Artemis launches from once every 3 1/2 years to every six months is a different beast.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

When comparing the two systems, he says a tokamak is a "beast" while the stellarator is a "little cat".

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

But Everest, first scaled in 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, was a far more formidable and dangerous beast.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

“I’m using the beast to beat the beast,” said Baker, who lives close to where a data center is planned in Mt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Jeremy was just as glad; Smaug was the dragon in The Hobbit, and it had been a particularly wretched beast.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville




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