Examples of outbid in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web To get her, Pope had to outbid Godolphin’s Sheik Mohammed, the ruler of Dubai, and the big spenders at Spendthrift Farm. — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 3 May 2022 Vast swaths of the economy were allegedly signed over to cronies or companies who outbid on contracts through both legal and under-the-table means. — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2022 But Minor outbid him, offering 67 million pounds ($87 million) for the remainder of the company’s equity, as well as its debt. — New York Times, 8 Apr. 2022 And even if nonprofits could find hotels that didn’t need zoning changes, $100 million won’t go very far when private developers are better prepared to outbid them. — Martin Z Braun, Bloomberg.com, 28 Mar. 2022 The one serious collectors will want to outbid each other on, however, is the Ref. — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2022 Having just raised $450 million for its Edison Partners X LP fund, his firm is in a position to invest at significantly lower price points than those that prevailed last year, and often has fewer rivals to outbid. — Ted Bunker, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2022 Crypto companies, awash in cash, can greatly outbid traditional marketing partners. — Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2022 Assembly Bill 1771 aims to discourage real estate speculation that Ward said drives up home prices as equity investors outbid individual home buyers. — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2022 See More

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