as in to exceed
to do or perform better than (someone or something)
The car consistently outperforms all other vehicles in its class. outperforming the competition
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Recent Examples of outperform
But incorporating Soto into a lineup that improved significantly during last season and welcoming back Kodai Senga into a rotation that outperformed anyone’s expectations leaves this New York squad with room for growth.
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Tim Britton, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Their quality, reliability, and customer support consistently outperform the competition in actual usage scenarios.
—Rowan Briggs, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
Value, momentum, and large caps outperformed growth and small caps.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
The project proved that deep learning could outperform traditional computer vision methods.
—Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2025
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Tim Britton, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Their quality, reliability, and customer support consistently outperform the competition in actual usage scenarios.
—Rowan Briggs, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
Value, momentum, and large caps outperformed growth and small caps.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
The project proved that deep learning could outperform traditional computer vision methods.
—Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outperform
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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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By January, overall Medi-Cal costs had greatly exceeded the initial projection, prompting Newsom to borrow $3.4 billion to pay bills through this month.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
29 Mar. 2025
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Green tea also surpasses the antioxidant content of coffee, which is usually roasted.—
Maria Goldbach,
Vogue,
22 Mar. 2025
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The federal government’s gross national debt has surpassed $34 trillion, a record high that foreshadows the coming political and economic challenges to improve America’s balance sheet in the coming years.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
21 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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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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Out of Spokane Regional 1, No. 1 overall seed UCLA advances to their first Final Four in program history in the modern era after defeating No. 3 LSU, 72-65.—
Allison Smith,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Orange County officials pitched a sales tax increase to voters that was soundly defeated in 2022.—
Skyler Swisher,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2025
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Both Banchero and Wagner, who started alongside Cory Joseph, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Wendell Carter Jr., were able to overcome the defensive attention from the Kings and attack the basket with ease.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2025
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Recognizing these challenges is the first step toward overcoming them.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Outperform.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outperform. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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