beat out
verb
beat out; beaten out or beat out; beating out; beats out
1
: to make or perform by or as if by beating
2
: to mark or accompany by beating
3
: to turn (a routine ground ball or a bunt) into a hit in baseball by fast running to first base
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And at Zurich Insurance, Interloom won a company-wide AI competition—beating out what Jakobi says were 2,000 other AI-native startups—for an underwriting use case.
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
Injuries to two starters helped open up a path and Abel took advantage, beating out Zebby Matthews for a spot.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026
The 27-inch Westslope cutty was just declared a new state record by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, beating out the previous catch-and-release record by two inches.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 18 Mar. 2026
The podcast, hosted by Hannah Berner and Paige DeSorbo from Bravo’s Summer House, took home the big prize at the ceremony Monday night at SXSW, beating out other top shows such as Good Hang With Amy Poehler, Call Her Daddy and The Daily.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
Injuries to two starters helped open up a path and Abel took advantage, beating out Zebby Matthews for a spot.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026
The 27-inch Westslope cutty was just declared a new state record by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, beating out the previous catch-and-release record by two inches.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 18 Mar. 2026
The podcast, hosted by Hannah Berner and Paige DeSorbo from Bravo’s Summer House, took home the big prize at the ceremony Monday night at SXSW, beating out other top shows such as Good Hang With Amy Poehler, Call Her Daddy and The Daily.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026
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“Beat out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat%20out. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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