How to Use outperform in a Sentence

outperform

verb
  • The stock has far outperformed the S&P and Nasdaq since Goodarzi took the helm.
    Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2023
  • There has been no recession and the economy outperformed in the last three months of the year.
    ABC News, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Can the Big Three of wireless continue to outperform the rest of Wall Street?
    Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 23 May 2022
  • That was good enough to outperform the S&P 500, but only because tech stocks turned in such a lousy week.
    Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Before the iPhone 14 launch, Kuo said that demand will outperform the iPhone 13.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Moreover, the stock is also likely to outperform the broader S&P 500 by about 1% over the next month.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
  • The big question is whether EM assets can outperform U.S. stocks and bonds.
    Nick Sargen, Forbes, 3 May 2022
  • Trump has outperformed his polls in the past — sometimes by big margins.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
  • It’s long felt like a fact of life that the U.S. economy outperforms Europe’s.
    Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 15 May 2024
  • Investing in the Siegel+Gale’s index of the world’s simplest brands can outperform the stock market as well.
    Shep Hyken, Forbes, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Despite this, the stock has managed to outperform the S&P, which returned roughly 55% over this same time.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 19 July 2022
  • Masters of these disciplines have managed to outperform the stock market — at least some of the time.
    Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 10 May 2024
  • He was supposed to star in a third film, but it was scrapped when the first two didn't outperform the previous trilogy.
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 19 Jan. 2022
  • The stock has consistently outperformed the market, and the recent dip offers a chance to get back on board.
    Tony Zhang, CNBC, 17 July 2024
  • Usually this takes the form of jumping to a rival network and working to outperform the old place.
    Josef Adalian, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2021
  • The tech-heavy Nasdaq added 0.5%, outperforming its peers.
    Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2023
  • And Brown is in a similar bucket as Tester, faced with having to outperform Harris and Walz to keep his seat.
    Stephen Neukam, Axios, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Wall Street banks that earn lots of fees from clients can outperform if there is a question about a slower pace of rate increases.
    Telis Demos, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
  • In fact, during the past 25 years, stocks kicked out of the average has outperformed their replacements.
    John Dorfman, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Stakeholders in the art world widely claim art has outperformed the S&P500 in recent years.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2023
  • None stand out more than Montgomery’s schools where students in magnet schools far outperform the non-magnets in the district.
    Trisha Powell Crain | Tcrain@al.com, al, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Greatest Works of Art outperformed them all, but by exactly how much isn’t clear.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • And benchmark tests already showed the Galaxy S22 can’t outperform the iPhone 13 series that was released last year.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The net is that, in short-term trials (a year or less), low-carb diets outperform other diets by a few pounds (under 10).
    Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Pair it with a few stems from your local florist for an affordable present that far outperforms its modest price point.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Drones with four rotors, called quadrotors, outperform birds in open spaces, per the statement.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Teasing the twists to come in the upcoming third season, Cumming said some of the titular traitors even outperformed him.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2024
  • But there’s a catch: the Liberty alum, strong-armed and elusive yet uneven as a passer, will have to outperform his draft slot (86th) and earn a starting job.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Harris outperformed Biden in only 58 counties and lost every swing state.
    Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Nov. 2024
  • While consumers have been pulling back on nonessential items (leading to soft sales at chains like Target, Macy’s, and Kohl’s), Walmart has been handily outperforming those rivals this year.
    Byphil Wahba, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024

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