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Recent Examples of Synonyms for one-upped
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In an exclusive interview, Jordan told ABC News that while ticket prices have risen, airfare increases have not outpaced inflation since the COVID‑19 pandemic.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026 -
Between 2013 and 2023 STEM job growth also outpaced non-STEM job growth with a 26% increase, compared to a 9% increase, respectively, according to the NCSES, which is part of the National Science Foundation.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
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With its substantial political resources and $22 million in spending — perhaps even more — AIPAC far outdid other groups in outside spending in Black and underserved communities.—
Jesse Jackson Jr,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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James outdid himself later in the same game against Cleveland — taking flight to slam a lob from Austin Reaves.—
Megan Armstrong,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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This rise in fatalities coincides with a record-high detention population, which recently surpassed 70,000 people in federal immigration custody.—
Armando Garcia,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The season finale audience was up 30% from the previous week and surpassed the Season 1 finale in 2019, which earned 530,000 viewers.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 2026
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The 76ers won the season-opener by one point, then topped Boston in November by two points.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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For more than a decade, Singapore has topped The Economist’s own cost-of-living index (sometimes alone and other times sharing the distinction).—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
14 Apr. 2026
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Away from the Atlantic seaboard, Cincinnati was only eclipsed by New Orleans, another busy trading hub connected by the nation’s riverboats.—
Alexander Coolidge,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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In the two years since, Tisza has completely eclipsed Hungary’s old institutional opposition—a fractured gamut ranging from the far right to the left.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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In the 32nd minute, Jónsdóttir once again outran Anderson down the left sideline to create another breakaway.—
Harold Gutmann,
Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2026
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But there was time for one final score when Payne outran the Cincinnati defense for a 9-yard touchdown with 23 seconds remaining to lift TCU to a 31-17 halftime lead.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Nov. 2025
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Johnson and Mazzulla both led teams that widely exceeded most preseason expectations.—
Tim Reynolds,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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The ordeal began with a miscalculation in northern Chile, just south of Calama, where energy demands quickly exceeded expectations.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Apr. 2026
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Sheehan excelled against almost every Texas hitter except Nimmo, who hammered his second pitch 405 feet to dead center for the 15th leadoff homer of the longtime Mets slugger's career.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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The second section deals with the military and civil servants and the courtiers who excelled by dint of their literary skills or musical genius.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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