outperform
verb
out·per·form
ˌau̇t-pər-ˈfȯrm 
ˌau̇t-pə-
outperformed; outperforming; outperforms
: to perform better than
Today a kid who flips burgers can save enough money to buy a motorcycle that will outperform all but a couple of pricey sports cars.—
James R. Petersen
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European shares surged in the first half of the year, massively outperforming stocks on Wall Street — but market watchers are divided on the potential for the trend to continue.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 1 July 2025
This is because its smaller-ticket items which have been outperforming, tend to yield higher margins.
—John Choong, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Microsoft's new model-agnostic MAI Diagnostic Orchestrator (MAI-DxO) achieved 85.5 percent diagnostic accuracy—outperforming generalist physicians, who reached the correct diagnosis 20 percent of the time, on average.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Other European indexes have made more modest gains but still are outperforming the U.S., with the FTSE 100 up 8%.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 June 2025
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 1 July 2025
This is because its smaller-ticket items which have been outperforming, tend to yield higher margins.
—John Choong, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Microsoft's new model-agnostic MAI Diagnostic Orchestrator (MAI-DxO) achieved 85.5 percent diagnostic accuracy—outperforming generalist physicians, who reached the correct diagnosis 20 percent of the time, on average.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Other European indexes have made more modest gains but still are outperforming the U.S., with the FTSE 100 up 8%.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 June 2025
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“Outperform.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outperform. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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