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
With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.
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Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2024
State of play: Detroit's defense, which has been diminished by several injuries, was completely outmatched.
—Joe Guillen, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
Though the Lions attempted to come back, they were simply outmatched the entire game.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Miocic puts up a fight, but is clearly outmatched from the first round.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
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Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2024
State of play: Detroit's defense, which has been diminished by several injuries, was completely outmatched.
—Joe Guillen, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
Though the Lions attempted to come back, they were simply outmatched the entire game.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Miocic puts up a fight, but is clearly outmatched from the first round.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outmatch
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The administration has now surpassed what even the strongest proponents of presidential power may have once argued.—
Claire B. Wofford,
The Conversation,
25 Feb. 2025
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Lucid — The electric vehicle stock surged more than 9% after fourth-quarter results surpassed analysts’ estimates on the top and bottom lines.—
Brian Evans,
CNBC,
25 Feb. 2025
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But the number of deaths in 2025 has already exceeded last year’s count.—
Will Carless,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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Federal departments and agencies report that the average age of their facilities exceeds their 40-50-year design life, with half rated to be in poor or critical condition, and there are multibillion-dollar maintenance backlogs across multiple R&D facilities.—
Deborah Wince-Smith,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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The American Gaming Association estimates betters nationwide will wager $1.39 billion on the big game — an 11.2% increase from the projection made by research firm Eilers & Krejcik Gaming for last year's Super Bowl.—
Jessica Boehm,
Axios,
7 Feb. 2025
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People add a range of things, like chlorophyll drops, apple cider vinegar and L-theanine powder to their water in order to try to better their health.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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Rose was one of baseball’s greats who topped MLB’s all-time hit list with 4,256 over a 24-season career.—
Issy Ronald, Wayne Sterling and Christian Sierra,
CNN,
2 Mar. 2025
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At the investor day, CEO Alex Chriss laid out a turnaround strategy at the company that would see payments app Venmo topping $2 billion in revenue by 2027.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Outmatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outmatch. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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