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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When three-person startups with AI agent swarms can outcompete thousand-employee corporations, traditional governance models aren’t ready for these existential threats.
—Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
The goals are to remove invasive species from 9 acres of Bates Woods Park and to plant at least 80 trees in the park to outcompete and limit future reinvasion from invasive plants.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
New evaluative frameworks that incorporate these measures could be used to appeal to new markets and users, keeping U.S. companies competitive even if their models can no longer consistently outcompete Chinese models on the standard benchmarks.
—Sebastian Elbaum, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2025
The hypercompetitive economic landscape has driven leaders to adopt rigid performance evaluations, defining success primarily by the absence of mistakes or by outcompeting their colleagues.
—Esade Business & Law School, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
The goals are to remove invasive species from 9 acres of Bates Woods Park and to plant at least 80 trees in the park to outcompete and limit future reinvasion from invasive plants.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
New evaluative frameworks that incorporate these measures could be used to appeal to new markets and users, keeping U.S. companies competitive even if their models can no longer consistently outcompete Chinese models on the standard benchmarks.
—Sebastian Elbaum, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2025
The hypercompetitive economic landscape has driven leaders to adopt rigid performance evaluations, defining success primarily by the absence of mistakes or by outcompeting their colleagues.
—Esade Business & Law School, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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“Outcompete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outcompete. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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