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Recent Examples of outcompete
Bebuzee’s strategy is not to outcompete each individually, but to unify them under one ecosystem.
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Matt Emma, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
By the time warm-season grasses germinate in late spring, annual grassy weeds have taken hold and outcompete the young seedlings.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2025
The report comes amid debate in Washington over the best way to outcompete China on artificial intelligence (AI), with chips at the center of this conversation.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 8 Oct. 2025
As a result, slipper limpets compete with native mollusks for food and in areas where limpet populations are high, can outcompete oysters, clams, and mussels.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2025
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Matt Emma, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
By the time warm-season grasses germinate in late spring, annual grassy weeds have taken hold and outcompete the young seedlings.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2025
The report comes amid debate in Washington over the best way to outcompete China on artificial intelligence (AI), with chips at the center of this conversation.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 8 Oct. 2025
As a result, slipper limpets compete with native mollusks for food and in areas where limpet populations are high, can outcompete oysters, clams, and mussels.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcompete
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Private equity and private credit have lost their halo of always outperforming.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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What's more, when used as a drug discovery model, ASI-Evolve outperformed existing systems, demonstrating its promise that goes beyond AI.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Apr. 2026
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The bipedal humanoid, developed by smartphone maker Honor, blazed through the 13-mile race in just 50 minutes, 26 seconds, besting all 12,000 human competitors and even surpassing the human world record for a half-marathon, set by Jacob Kiplimo in Lisbon last month, by nearly seven minutes.—
Janis Mackey Frayer,
NBC news,
19 Apr. 2026
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This was a record turnaround among SpaceX launches from Space Coast launch pads at 2 hours and 54 minutes besting October’s double launch that saw a Falcon 9 launch at CCSFS just eight hours, 42 minutes after a Falcon Heavy launch at KSC.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
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The Braves couldn’t overcome a poor start from Reynaldo López and saw their six-game winning streak fall by the wayside in an 11-4 loss to the Nationals on Tuesday at Nationals Park.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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That power production has overcome incredibly poor luck so far this season.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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They were abandoned during the Mongol invasion in 1241 and then subdued by the Ottoman empire in 1526.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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Worley physically fought the officer who used a Taser to subdue him, an affidavit states.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Messi celebrated the winning goal in the arms of his teammates, another stadium conquered, with a smile anyone could understand.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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Following a week of cold weather, rain, thunderstorms and even a freeze, Saturday brought bright sunshine for more than 2,000 runners aiming to conquer what organizers say is the most grueling half-marathon around.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
18 Apr. 2026
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Realistically, there is no end of hurdles — legal, political, practical — that would have to be surmounted for a partial Texas-New Mexico merger to occur.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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The transportation network, in hopes of surmounting its budget problems and offsetting rising labor costs, had increased last year what hotels paid annually by 5%, but did not want to go higher.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
28 Mar. 2026
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Caroline Spadorcia went 2-for-4 with two doubles, two runs and two RBI as Archbishop Williams (4-3) defeated Latin Academy, 6-3.—
Tyler McManus,
Boston Herald,
18 Apr. 2026
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Hamadeh was elected to a reliably red West Valley district in 2024 after being defeated by Mayes in 2022.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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Congress—rather than acting as a constitutional check—has chosen blind devotion, competing to outdo itself in displays of loyalty.—
John Whitehead,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026
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Somehow, though, the Royals outdid themselves Monday night with a nauseating defeat — one that conjured the immortal wisdom of former Royals manager Buddy Bell.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Outcompete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcompete. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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