outcompete
verb
out·com·pete
ˌau̇t-kəm-ˈpēt 
outcompeted; outcompeting
: to defeat, outdo, or displace by competing more effectively or aggressively
rival teams trying to outcompete one another
… one popular theory holds that dinosaurs outcompeted rival groups in their rise to world domination.—
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This Great Oxidation Event was followed by mass extinction, as organisms using oxygen outcompeted just about everybody else.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 13 May 2026
Yes, but they get outplayed for those reasons, just as, in Game 3, those same lines and same groups outcompeted the other guys.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 12 May 2026
El Nino also subdues the hurricane season in the Atlantic because there is so much heat in the Pacific that outcompetes the Atlantic, Berardelli added.
—ABC News, 8 May 2026
Key criteria include rapid spread, high reproduction and the ability to outcompete native species.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2026
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Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 13 May 2026
Yes, but they get outplayed for those reasons, just as, in Game 3, those same lines and same groups outcompeted the other guys.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 12 May 2026
El Nino also subdues the hurricane season in the Atlantic because there is so much heat in the Pacific that outcompetes the Atlantic, Berardelli added.
—ABC News, 8 May 2026
Key criteria include rapid spread, high reproduction and the ability to outcompete native species.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2026
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“Outcompete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outcompete. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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