edge out
phrasal verb
edged out; edging out; edges out
: to slowly become more successful, popular, etc., than (someone or something)
The company is gradually edging out the competition.
Efficiency has edged out price as the top reason people give for buying the car.
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The women edged out fellow finalists SZN4 – Donzell Taggart, Aaliyah Rose, Cameron Goode, and Katie Roeder – the show's only mixed-gender group, which was a gamble in a competition that saw dozens of 20-somethings eager to form girl groups and boy bands.
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Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 23 July 2025
On the opposite end of the range, Mississippi narrowly edged out West Virginia for having the lowest household income threshold to rank above 95% of the state’s earners.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 23 July 2025
Penn State edged out Ohio State to win the conference in its second year with the four new programs from the West Coast.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 21 July 2025
In a battle between winless Las Vegas Summer League squads, the Nets edged out the Magic late inside the Cox Pavilion on Wednesday night.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2025
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Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 23 July 2025
On the opposite end of the range, Mississippi narrowly edged out West Virginia for having the lowest household income threshold to rank above 95% of the state’s earners.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 23 July 2025
Penn State edged out Ohio State to win the conference in its second year with the four new programs from the West Coast.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 21 July 2025
In a battle between winless Las Vegas Summer League squads, the Nets edged out the Magic late inside the Cox Pavilion on Wednesday night.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2025
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“Edge out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/edge%20out. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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