Beats
Beats 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).
Hits
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Ouendan have the portrait of the lead member appear whenever the player completes a particularly good string of beats or hits a specific number of combos.
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While Garrus is not much to look at by human standards, he still hits enough beats to qualify, thanks to the writing teams at BioWare and Garrus's VA, Brandon Keener.
Source: Mr Fanservice / Video Games -
Pablo may be a straighter example; he hits some Love Interest beats, and some shippers were considering him as a potential option throughout the story.
Source: Roleplay / Nan Quest
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Hits and Beats. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/beats/hits
Beats & Hits. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/beats/hits>.
Hits or Beats. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/beats/hits.
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