as in to outdistance
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Sands’ 58 carries easily outdistance runnerup June Henley on KU’s all-time charts.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025 -
McGruder and Whiteside tallied the largest amount of votes in the 2024 Democratic primary in House District 35, outdistancing Demetris Johnson Jr. of Earle.—
Michael R. Wickline,
Arkansas Online,
26 June 2025
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Not to be outdone, however, Elon Musk then began plugging an update to Grok Imagine, the video feature for his company xAI‘s chatbot.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
8 Oct. 2025
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Every year, Halloween enthusiasts outdo themselves, and this year is no exception.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Oct. 2025
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Studies that compare genetic variation between pairs of siblings have been able to better control for socioeconomic backgrounds, as well as parenting practices and ethnicities; in these studies, the direct effects of DNA on IQ look even smaller, still with no hint of a biological mechanism.—
Eric Turkheimer,
The Atlantic,
13 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, majorities said the Republican president has definitely or probably not improved the functioning of government (59%) or bettered the nation’s standing on the world stage (60%).—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
9 Oct. 2025
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Unlike other mass-market body sprays marketed to teenage boys, this one isn’t abrasive or musk-heavy; it can be misted on enthusiastically in a locker room or before school without overpowering.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
8 Oct. 2025
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To my non-videophile eyes, the differences between the two screens were noticeable but not overpowering.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Jaguars haven’t allowed a runner to surpass 60 yards this season.—
Ted Nguyen,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Admissions have not only bounced back but surpassed pre-pandemic levels, despite a dramatic decrease in live-action box office.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
10 Oct. 2025
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How could the woman who wrote so piercingly about women’s subjugation subjugate herself to not just one but two men?—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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Roberts performs as Yale philosophy Professor Alma, the self-righteousness that dazzles in her eyes subjugates Edebiri as Maggie, her self-effacing star pupil.—
Malik Peay,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2025
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While viewing them, be on the lookout for spectacular fireballs — especially bright meteors that flare dramatically to outshine even the brightest planets in the night sky.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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What has been done to Shedeur will outshine everything else in this draft.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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The Biden administration’s former top energy adviser, Amos Hochstein, warned on Thursday that AI’s energy demand is at risk of outstripping supply.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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And the tickets are free, which means demand regularly outstrips supply.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Outfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outfight. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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