outshone

verb

variants or outshined
Definition of outshonenext
past tense of outshine
as in surpassed
to be greater, better, or stronger than the trumpeter outshines all of his fellow band members

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outshone
  1. surpassed
  2. excelled
  3. exceeded
  4. beat
  5. eclipsed
Verb
  • The Campaign for Music Education has recently surpassed its fundraising goal of $5 million.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Mackinac Island surpassed the competition in most areas, scoring over 99 points (out of a possible 100) in four categories and a perfect 100 for its bike access to parks and sports facilities.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of surpassed
Verb
  • Accepted to Fisk University during her junior year of high school, Giovanni excelled academically while also challenging societal norms.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Adobe has excelled by leveraging their generative AI tool, GenStudio, to transform their entire content supply chain—from content creation to distribution and analytics.
    Yogesh Shah, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of excelled
Verb
  • At the close of Q3-2024, the $858 million average daily odd lot trade volume exceeded that of the entire prior year.
    Barnet Sherman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The celebrity turnout was massive, and attendance exceeded 300,000 over three days.
    Rob Reed, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of exceeded
Verb
  • Report The Dodgers beat the New York Yankees in the World Series in October and are looking to maintain their momentum into 2025.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
  • In the Central Valley, Rep. David Valadao cruised to reelection, beating Democrat Rudy Salas by a wider margin than two years ago as Kern County swung further right.
    Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of beat
Verb
  • John tour at the time eclipsed a record that had previously been set by Ed Sheeran’s Divide Tour, which over a period of years grossed $776 billion.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Dec. 2024
  • This was the first time since Week 1 that one of Seattle’s running backs eclipsed 100 yards on the ground.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of eclipsed
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