as in surpasses
to be greater, better, or stronger than
a tennis player who outclassed the competition, breezing through the tournament without losing a set
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Recent Examples of outclasses
Illinois outclasses Houston The night’s final game was a doozy.
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Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026
However, that their teamwork so quickly outclasses the bad guys makes for a far less interesting story.
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Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
The oud that launched a thousand imitators, and still outclasses them all.
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Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
16 Oct. 2025
Mercedes' affordable coupe outclasses many of its rivals in terms of style, standard tech, and ride quality.
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Charles Singh,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
This set of folder customization options outclasses anything available for any other desktop OS, either natively or via third-party software.
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Edward Mendelson,
PC Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
In fact, the fitness space with its cardio, weights, and turf area outclasses most membership gyms around the world.
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Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026
However, that their teamwork so quickly outclasses the bad guys makes for a far less interesting story.
—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
The oud that launched a thousand imitators, and still outclasses them all.
—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
16 Oct. 2025
Mercedes' affordable coupe outclasses many of its rivals in terms of style, standard tech, and ride quality.
—
Charles Singh,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
This set of folder customization options outclasses anything available for any other desktop OS, either natively or via third-party software.
—
Edward Mendelson,
PC Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
In fact, the fitness space with its cardio, weights, and turf area outclasses most membership gyms around the world.
—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outclasses
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Since then, Lebanese health authorities say more than 4,250 people have been killed — a toll that surpasses the war deaths in Iran but in a country 16 times less populous.
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The borough jails won't be ready and Rikers' current population of about 6,700 inmates surpasses the 4,100-bed capacity of the new facilities.
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When demand exceeds supply every night, the process starts to break down.
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Schwarzschild found a point around a body with mass at which the escape velocity, the speed needed to escape the gravitational grip of that body, exceeds the speed of light.
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The massive digital gain eclipses the combined total of Black Friday and Cyber Monday from late 2025, according to Adobe.
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Rodrigo eclipses [checks notes] Olivia Rodrigo, who previously held the record for having her first two albums and singles top their respective charts and for having every song on those albums in the Top 40.
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The Ginna plant tops this up by another 576 MW.
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Death toll in Venezuela earthquakes tops 1,000 As of the latest figures given by Venezuelan authorities on June 27, there were at least 1,430 people killed and more than 3,200 injured in the earthquakes three days earlier.
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“Outclasses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outclasses. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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