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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

The answer to keep feeding the AI beast: upgrade the power grid and incorporate renewable energy sources.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 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

More likely, he’d be chased out with flaming pitchforks, like in that book about the girl and the beast.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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