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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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Asian equities were largely higher on light volumes and little news as Hong Kong and Mainland China outperformed.
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Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
The fund has outperformed the S&P 500 over 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, and 10-year periods, according to Morningstar, and received the firm’s 1% ranking as of the end of the third quarter.
—Lawrence Carrel, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Shelby Knowles | Bloomberg | Getty Images Eli Lilly has outperformed the S&P 500 for five straight years as Wall Street woke up to its massive opportunity in obesity drugs.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
Eli Lilly has outperformed the S & P 500 for five straight years as Wall Street woke up to its massive opportunity in obesity drugs.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, 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, 23 Dec. 2024
The company outperformed the street estimates in the fourth quarter of FY 2024.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The company outperformed the street estimates in the third quarter of FY 2024.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Oracle has outperformed this year as investors bet on infrastructure cloud players to benefit as companies hunt for strong computing to power data-hungry AI workloads.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
The fund has outperformed the S&P 500 over 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, and 10-year periods, according to Morningstar, and received the firm’s 1% ranking as of the end of the third quarter.
—Lawrence Carrel, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Shelby Knowles | Bloomberg | Getty Images Eli Lilly has outperformed the S&P 500 for five straight years as Wall Street woke up to its massive opportunity in obesity drugs.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
Eli Lilly has outperformed the S & P 500 for five straight years as Wall Street woke up to its massive opportunity in obesity drugs.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, 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, 23 Dec. 2024
The company outperformed the street estimates in the fourth quarter of FY 2024.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The company outperformed the street estimates in the third quarter of FY 2024.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Oracle has outperformed this year as investors bet on infrastructure cloud players to benefit as companies hunt for strong computing to power data-hungry AI workloads.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Outperformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outperformed. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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