beta

Example Sentences

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Welcome to the life of a beta mother.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

A major Cochrane review has found that drugs designed to target amyloid beta proteins in the brain are unlikely to provide meaningful benefits for patients.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

Taylor adapts to the volatile situation as he always has, serving as the unthreatening beta, eventually earning Dee’s trust and friendship.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

The beta test class at Huntington, one of about 100 across the U.S., is small this year — during a visit by MarketWatch in March, there were only six students present during the fourth-period class.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

Eventually alpha rays were identified as helium atoms stripped of their electrons—that is, helium nuclei-—and beta rays as energetic electrons.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik