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as in crate
a dilapidated old automobile he drives a beater that just barely runs

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Recent Examples of beater This pastry beater though is a cheap, easy way to protect your pie crusts while still giving you the ease of making dough with an electric mixer. Noah Kaufman, Bon Appétit, 9 Oct. 2024 The 12-speed mixer boasts 500 watts of power and comes with a bunch of useful accessories, including a flat beater, pouring shield, dough hook, stainless steel bowl and a whisk. Will Porter, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024 Like the Artisan and Deluxe series listed below, this one has a functional tilt-head design and comes with the three standard mixer attachments: a wire whisk, a flat beater, and a dough hook. Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 29 Nov. 2024 Like the Artisan and Deluxe series listed below, this one is also made with a functional tilt-head design and comes with the three standard mixer attachments: a wire whisk, a flat beater, and a dough hook. Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for beater 
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Noun
  • Within days of the first flames, the shelter — which was overwhelmed by donations of food bowls, blankets and large crates from grateful residents — was packed to the rafters with animals.
    Johnny Dodd, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The Red Cross handed out food and water while the county’s animal services department arrived with crates and blankets.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
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  • Edmunds drives, tests and evaluates more than 300 vehicles every year to come up with winners in six distinct categories.
    Melanie Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The young labels showing were all winners of the Next Fashion Designer of Tokyo and Sustainable Fashion Design Award competitions, and the initiative was hosted in partnership with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
    Alex Wynne, WWD, 27 Jan. 2025
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  • The Romans overthrew Cleopatra and ruled as conquerors, marking an end to history’s longest empire.
    Kate McMahon, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The Promised Land is a history of Denmark’s Jutland and a conqueror’s dream that comes suspiciously close to advertising Obama’s 2020 memoir, A Promised Land.
    Armond White, National Review, 17 Jan. 2025

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“Beater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beater. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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