Examples of outdo in a Sentence
Smaller companies often outdo larger ones in customer service.
My sister always tried to outdo me in school.
She scored 20 points in the first game. Not to be outdone, I scored 30 points myself in the second game.
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If anything, Jones felt trying to outdo that soundtrack would have been a losing battle.
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Precious Fondren, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
Kane considers himself in the same tier as those strikers and said he couldn’t be outdone in his own opener.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2026
Not to be outdone, Boston totaled a career-high 34 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 12 June 2026
Google, not to be outdone, announced Project Suncatcher in partnership with Planet, planning to launch two satellites equipped with Google Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) AI chips by early 2027.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 June 2026
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Precious Fondren, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
Kane considers himself in the same tier as those strikers and said he couldn’t be outdone in his own opener.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2026
Not to be outdone, Boston totaled a career-high 34 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 12 June 2026
Google, not to be outdone, announced Project Suncatcher in partnership with Planet, planning to launch two satellites equipped with Google Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) AI chips by early 2027.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 June 2026
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“Outdo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outdo. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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