outcompeting

verb

present participle of outcompete
as in defeating

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcompeting
  1. defeating
  2. outperforming
  3. conquering
  4. overcoming
  5. trouncing
  6. subduing
  7. clobbering
  8. besting
Verb
  • Republican Bo French, who previously chaired the Tarrant County GOP, faces Democrat Jon Rosenthal after defeating incumbent Jim Wright in a May Republican primary runoff for the state agency that regulates Texas’ oil and gas industry.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2026
  • There’s nothing more important than defeating his pathetic opponent, Mike Collins.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of defeating
Verb
  • Divide one asset by another, like semis by the S & P 500 , and the line rises only when the first is outperforming.
    — Todd Gordon, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Cassegrain forecasts double-digit growth in 2026, outperforming the luxury average.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of outperforming
Verb
  • Marsh argued conquering the global market means knowing differences between international markets.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Before conquering Hollywood, Ali played Division I basketball (standing at six feet four) and released rap albums under the name Prince Ali.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of conquering
Verb
  • His early story is known as one of overcoming difficult circumstances and finding a creative outlet in music.
    — Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The song addresses overcoming adversity and using others’ doubts to fuel your passion.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of overcoming
Verb
  • Rounds is trouncing independent candidate Brian Bengs 57% to 36% in the deep-red state, according to a new poll conducted in mid-October by Quantus Insights.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The James Franklin era at Virginia Tech got off to an emphatic start on Saturday with the Hokies trouncing VMI by a count of 73-3.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of trouncing
Verb
  • The school's head teacher, Krzysztof Ochmanski, was injured while subduing the teenager, officials said.
    — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The handful of Israeli passengers grappled with the copilot for several minutes before subduing him and binding his hands with the cord from a set of headphones.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of subduing
Verb
  • Niners are going from clobbering the preseason Super Bowl favorite to facing a team jousting with Cleveland for consensus worst in the league.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Corbin instantly had a target in mind, too, clobbering United States Champion and fan favorite Trick Williams upon his return to SmackDown.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of clobbering
Verb
  • Fox won the English-language rights in 2011, besting incumbent ESPN with a $425 million bid for two cycles.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • As the unsuccessful regime-change effort in Iran demonstrated, there are no shortcuts to besting the axis countries, together or individually.
    — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of besting
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