one-ups

verb

present tense third-person singular of one-up
as in outpaces

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for one-ups
  1. outpaces
  2. outruns
  3. outdoes
  4. excels
  5. outshines
  6. outclasses
  7. surpasses
  8. transcends
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  • These included being able to carry out cyberattacks at huge scale, manipulating politics, controlling robotics and drones, design of even smarter AI that outpaces human understanding, and even novel weapons development.
    — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026
  • But finding that money could be difficult as state government spending outpaces tax revenue and cooling housing and tourism markets squeeze clean water funding sources.
    — Jonathan Mingle, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of outpaces
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  • One, the Geekom A6 Mini, outruns it on some benchmarks for hundreds of dollars less, and remains the budget Windows mini desktop to beat.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Ultimately, the viability of AI compute as an asset class hinges on the specific contractual terms, ensuring cash flow outruns the hardware's working life before new generations emerge.
    — Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of outruns
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  • And the filmmaker really outdoes himself with a major set piece toward the end, when Matt enters a crowded nightclub in search of Markos and wreaks murderous havoc while shape-shifting from one persona to another.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Pro outdoes its already impressive predecessor in picture quality and performance while sticking with a very wallet-friendly price.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of outdoes
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  • And, this example points out what pet insurance really excels at — covering big, unexpected expenses.
    — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Philbrick excels at telling the stories of the individuals in the middle of it all.
    — Terry Hartle, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of excels
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  • McNeely’s portrait of a laboring mother, swathed in glowing fields of chartreuse, outshines (again, literally) art history’s greats.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Florida spends $14,000 per student, less than half of New York’s level, yet outshines New York in fourth-grade mathematics and reading.
    — Zilvinas "Z" Silenas, New York Daily News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of outshines
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  • The base plan allows unlimited calling to Canada and the US (Unite outclasses it by supporting 34 countries) and video chats for up to 300 people.
    — John Brandon, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Illinois outclasses Houston The night’s final game was a doozy.
    — Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Definition of outclasses
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  • That surpasses the 37,289 signatures needed to make the 2028 ballot and 49,719 signatures to suspend the law in the interim.
    — State House News Service, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2026
  • That’s the only conclusion when the opponent surpasses 80 points in the first half.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of surpasses
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  • Yet, this very constraint pushed me to create a style of cooking that transcends the distance, making the journey—the hours spent in the car—fully justified.
    — Nathan Tavares, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
  • For Hélène, Dostoyevsky is a symbol of Russian greatness that transcends politics.
    — Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of transcends
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“One-ups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one-ups. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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