Thesaurus results for OUTPERFORM

outperform

verb

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 Lilly stock has gained 20% over the past 12 months, far outperforming shares of its main rival in the obesity space, Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk , which has fallen 55% over the same period. —

Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026 Last year, more than a third of all tickets sold in the country were for Norwegian titles, including kids’ movie A Mouse Hunt for Christmas and WWII drama The Battle Of Oslo, which outperformed Hollywood blockbusters with Norwegian audiences. —

Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026 Tests showed that even at 80% humidity the film matched or outperformed common packaging plastics. —

J. Carson Meredith, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2026 These results highlight that classical computational chemistry methods remain surprisingly competitive, and in some cases could outperform quantum approaches, even with perfect quantum hardware. —

Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for outperform

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By Tuesday and Wednesday, highs could be near or possibly exceed 80 degrees away from the coastline.

— Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Indeed, one of the most important complementary factors is nutrition because, if daily calorie intake consistently exceeds what the body burns, weight loss will be difficult − even with regular exercise.

— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2026