as in to surpass
to be greater, better, or stronger than
believes Secretariat would outmatch any other horse in racing history
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Recent Examples of outmatch
To be convinced to attack, Chinese leaders would have to conclude that Taiwan was about to outmatch China and would indefinitely sustain its military advantage.
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Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Brooklyn appeared to be outmatched in the third quarter, as the Nuggets opened the period on a 22-9 run to open up an 87-68.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
Of course, conventional medicine, too, was often outmatched by Radner’s illness.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2025
He’s certainly outmatched by the great Claude Rains, who plays Larry’s father, Sir John Talbot.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
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Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Brooklyn appeared to be outmatched in the third quarter, as the Nuggets opened the period on a 22-9 run to open up an 87-68.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
Of course, conventional medicine, too, was often outmatched by Radner’s illness.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2025
He’s certainly outmatched by the great Claude Rains, who plays Larry’s father, Sir John Talbot.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outmatch
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According to promoter Live Nation, ticket sales for the genre-bending concert surpassed one million in less than a month, and two more venues were added to the itinerary.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The Denver location, near Coors Field, is not only packed ahead of first pitch, but now sees college football and NFL Sunday business surpass Rockies games.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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It was found that 99.7% of the bigmouth buffalo were over 50 years old — many pushing 80 or 90 and some exceeding 100.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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The death toll from an earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand continues to rise with one prediction that fatalities could exceed 100,000.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
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In fact, plenty of research has shown that both exercise and diet can better your numbers on a handful of cardiometabolic measures, independent of any fat loss.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
26 Mar. 2025
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Maybe in the future researchers and trainers could be more hip to what these differences may be and how to better tailor strengthening and training methods accordingly.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Eden Chuang, Menlo School swimming: The senior, an Army commit, won and qualified for CCS in three events at a West Bay Athletic League meet on Wednesday, topping the 100 breaststroke, the 200 individual medley and 200 free relay.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2025
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Alabama uses tempo — relentless, unforgiving, exhausting tempo — as the fuel for averaging 90.8 points per game, tops in the nation.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Outmatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outmatch. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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