outcompete

verb

out·com·pete | \ ˌau̇t-kəm-ˈpēt

outcompeted; outcompeting

Definition of outcompete

: 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.— Kate Wong

Examples of outcompete in a Sentence

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But if that’s the case, why do tangle-web spiders act in ways that might conflict with an individual’s drive to outcompete its neighbors? — Quanta Magazine, "Elusive Form of Evolution Seen in Spiders," 2 Oct. 2014 Biologists fear the toothed Asian invaders could outcompete native fish species and disrupt Chesapeake Bay ecology. — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, "81 snakehead fish caught swimming upstream at Conowingo Dam, a 'dramatic increase' in invasive species," 13 June 2019 Renewables won’t outcompete coal all year round, at least not yet. — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, "Renewables Outproduced Coal Power in the U.S. for the First Time Ever," 2 May 2019 Weeds will outcompete eggplants until warm summer temperatures come. — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, "The Secret to Growing the Most Flavorful Eggplants," 27 July 2018 Weeds will outcompete eggplants until warm summer temperatures come. — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, "The Secret to Growing the Most Flavorful Eggplants," 27 July 2018 Because each cell is competing against all the others, the ones that are able to go on replicating will eventually outcompete their peers. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "New system shows the earliest life could cooperate despite “cheaters”," 3 Sep. 2018 Whether voters in the midst of a boom move left or right, many residents say the strains of change are deep, as farms and ranches on the city’s edge get chewed up into housing, and high-wage tech workers outcompete the locals. — Kirk Johnson, The New York Times, idahostatesman, "As Idaho grows, its politics evolve. But don't expect a Democratic surge. | Idaho Statesman," 14 May 2018 Whether voters in the midst of a boom move left or right, many residents say the strains of change are deep, as farms and ranches on the city’s edge get chewed up into housing, and high-wage tech workers outcompete the locals. — Kirk Johnson, The New York Times, idahostatesman, "As Idaho grows, its politics evolve. But don't expect a Democratic surge. | Idaho Statesman," 14 May 2018

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