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Prevails Over Crossword Clue

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We think the answer is "BEATS" which means:

    noun
  • • A united states youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)
  • verb
  • • To hit; strike
  • • To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
  • • To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
  • • To move with pulsation or throbbing.
  • • To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.
  • • To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
  • • To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
  • • To mix food in a rapid fashion. compare whip.
  • • (in haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price
  • • To indicate by beating or drumming.
  • • To tread, as a path.
  • • To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
  • • To be in agitation or doubt.
  • • To make a sound when struck.
  • • To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
  • • To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
  • • To arrive at a place before someone.
  • • To have sexual intercourse.
  • • To rob.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "She listened to the beats of the music and started dancing."
  • • "The doctor checked the patient's heart beats."

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New York Times29 Dec 2021 Across 71
New York Times08 Feb 1978 Down 32
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