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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With a similar diet to D. avus, dogs may have helped speed the foxes’ extinction by outcompeting them.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
In 2008, Mills, the UC Davis professor, was an author on a study that sequenced the genome of B. infantis and that showed that as soon as babies start to be weaned and introduced to foods, which may include plant fibers, B. infantis is outcompeted by other bacteria.
—Deborah Balthazar, STAT, 29 Mar. 2024
The species, if gone unchecked, can outcompete wildflowers for water resources, soil space and sun, according to Betsy Knaak, the association’s executive director.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
The unsuspecting vireo will then raise the cowbird chicks, which grow faster than its own and outcompete the vireo nestlings for food.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024
Their larger size, more generalist nature and faster reproduction rate have primed them to outcompete spotted owls.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2024
Around 2010, soon after meeting this big, new predator that could outcompete and eat them, South Florida’s mammal populations collapsed.
—Max G. Levy, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2023
This invasive herb outcompetes native plants in the Eastern and Midwestern United States, posing a threat to other native plants and the species that depend on them.
—Deb Wiley, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2024
First, the big-headed ants outcompete native acacia ants in the genus Crematogaster.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2024
Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
In 2008, Mills, the UC Davis professor, was an author on a study that sequenced the genome of B. infantis and that showed that as soon as babies start to be weaned and introduced to foods, which may include plant fibers, B. infantis is outcompeted by other bacteria.
—Deborah Balthazar, STAT, 29 Mar. 2024
The species, if gone unchecked, can outcompete wildflowers for water resources, soil space and sun, according to Betsy Knaak, the association’s executive director.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
The unsuspecting vireo will then raise the cowbird chicks, which grow faster than its own and outcompete the vireo nestlings for food.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024
Their larger size, more generalist nature and faster reproduction rate have primed them to outcompete spotted owls.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2024
Around 2010, soon after meeting this big, new predator that could outcompete and eat them, South Florida’s mammal populations collapsed.
—Max G. Levy, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2023
This invasive herb outcompetes native plants in the Eastern and Midwestern United States, posing a threat to other native plants and the species that depend on them.
—Deb Wiley, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2024
First, the big-headed ants outcompete native acacia ants in the genus Crematogaster.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2024
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“Outcompete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outcompete. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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