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They May Be Hard To Beat Crossword Clue

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noun

• the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring

• the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another

27%11 Accenting a weak beat instead of a strong beat
noun

• (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')

• a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat

• music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm

27%10 Pertaining to the weak beat that precedes the first strong beat in a musical measure
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