as in to surpass
to be greater, better, or stronger than
a tennis player who outclassed the competition, breezing through the tournament without losing a set
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Recent Examples of outclass
Game 5: Edmonton Oilers 5, Florida Panthers 3 June 18, 2024
With another chance to secure a Stanley Cup, this time on their home floor, the Panthers were again outclassed by the Oilers in a loss that forced a Game 6 and added new life to a series that had looked destined for a blowout.
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Cameron Priester, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2025
While the performance was just as impressive as PSG outclassed Inter in every single department.
—The Totally Football Show, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Having pushed Manchester City close in the 2023 final in Istanbul, the Italian giant was totally outclassed by PSG.
—James Robson, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2025
And the Lakers folding in five games against a Minnesota team that got thoroughly outclassed, at home, by the Warriors without much of Steph?
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 7 May 2025
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Cameron Priester, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2025
While the performance was just as impressive as PSG outclassed Inter in every single department.
—The Totally Football Show, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Having pushed Manchester City close in the 2023 final in Istanbul, the Italian giant was totally outclassed by PSG.
—James Robson, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2025
And the Lakers folding in five games against a Minnesota team that got thoroughly outclassed, at home, by the Warriors without much of Steph?
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outclass
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Meanwhile, a 2024 forecast by Research and Markets estimates the digital education sector will surpass $80 billion by 2030, driven by microlearning and online skill monetization.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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The market could surpass those previous records on Friday or early next week, analysts told CBS MoneyWatch.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
26 June 2025
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In 2023, Luckin’s revenue in China exceeded what Starbucks made there for the first time, bouncing back from an accounting scandal that got Luckin booted from the Nasdaq in 2020.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
2 July 2025
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Despite Israel’s qualitatively effective defenses, an underlying quantitative war attrition was at play that threatened to degrade Israel’s position over time: Iranian stocks of MRBM-class missiles likely exceeded the number of anti-MRBM interceptors possessed by Israel (ie. Arrow-2 and 3).—
Sebastien Roblin,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Brazilian dystopian series 3% is another show that follows people who are struggling financially and enter a competition to better their lives.—
Skyler Trepel,
People.com,
30 June 2025
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Kate Hudson considered being emancipated from her parents, Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson, to better her Hollywood career.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
28 June 2025
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That contract, and Marner’s new 8x12 deal with the Golden Knights, easily eclipsed Day 1’s biggest mover, Gavrikov.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Throughout most of the campaign, Jacinto ranked highly in all of these categories, eclipsed only by stars such as Mapi Leon, Aitana Bonmati, Claudia Pina and Caroline Graham Hansen of Barcelona.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
30 June 2025
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Joya wasn’t with us that day; my mother had handed me enough heavy coins to purchase it from a trinket stand in Trafalgar Square, where long white poles around Nelson’s Column were festooned with regal banners and topped with crowns.—
Jhumpa Lahiri,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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On the Soundtracks chart, where KPop Demon Hunters enters at No. 1, the album is the first from a Netflix program to top the list in over two years — since Stranger Things: Soundtrack from the Netflix Series, Volume 4, re-entered atop the list dated Nov. 19, 2022, for its first week at No. 1.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
30 June 2025
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“Outclass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outclass. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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