outfought

verb

past tense of outfight
as in outdistanced

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outfought
  1. outdistanced
  2. outdid
  3. surpassed
  4. vanquished
  5. eclipsed
  6. exceeded
  7. outstripped
  8. bettered
Verb
  • Perennial champ Joey Chestnut far outdistanced the field with 66 dogs officially consumed.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 4 July 2026
  • The Lancers outdistanced runner-up Classical Academy (367) and Los Alamitos (372), both of which also qualified for state.
    — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
Definition of outdistanced
Verb
  • Only the 27 productions running during the week ending August 16, only Hamilton‘s box office outdid Ragtime, with the former taking in $2,123,135.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Last December, Berman outdid himself, landing $867 million in financing from a group of lenders that include Apollo Global and JPMorgan Chase to convert a 1960s-era office building at 111 Wall Street.
    — Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
Definition of outdid
Verb
  • However, safety measures improved quickly, and no worker has surpassed that annual limit since 2013.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The studio’s plan is to ideally attach Hudson and McConaughey to reprise their roles from the original feature that surpassed $177 million at the global box office.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of surpassed
Verb
  • Over the course of ten wildly successful games, Kratos vanquished mortals, creatures and gods alike.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
  • In recent years, there were delays and interruptions because of weather, but not full days getting vanquished.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of vanquished
Verb
  • But there are two other AI behemoths still waiting in the wings for their turn to go public, and at least one of them has no intention of being eclipsed by Elon Musk.
    — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In the first 10 months of the 2026 fiscal year, interest costs have eclipsed Medicare healthcare outlays to become the second-largest line item in the federal budget, behind the Social Security pension system.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of eclipsed
Verb
  • The city's spending on the two cases has therefore already exceeded the contract cap by $382,000.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • An Allegheny River site southeast of Ohio exceeded that benchmark every time it was tested.
    — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of exceeded
Verb
  • Demand has outstripped supply, and that will probably continue for some time.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
  • That overwhelming demand for data center buildouts has vastly outstripped the industry’s ability to supply it.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of outstripped
Verb
  • Gogel rose 12 places with his 7-under 63, bettered only by Scotland's Stephen Gallacher in fifth with an 8-under 62, which included nine birdies.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
  • The final standing of seventh has not been bettered since 1954-55.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of bettered
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