as in to surpass
to be greater, better, or stronger than
believes Secretariat would outmatch any other horse in racing history
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Recent Examples of outmatch
While injuries played a role, they were ultimately outmatched by the superior squad.
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Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Ben Curtis Morning line odds: 30-1 The second of two horses in the Oaks trained by Louisville’s Whit Beckman, Drexel Hill looks to be significantly outmatched.
—Teresa Genaro, New York Times, 1 May 2025
But China is the first to outmatch the United States in size alone, as well as in several strategically relevant areas.
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
The process can trigger anxiety, helplessness and even relational trauma, especially when one party feels outmatched or unheard.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
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Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Ben Curtis Morning line odds: 30-1 The second of two horses in the Oaks trained by Louisville’s Whit Beckman, Drexel Hill looks to be significantly outmatched.
—Teresa Genaro, New York Times, 1 May 2025
But China is the first to outmatch the United States in size alone, as well as in several strategically relevant areas.
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
The process can trigger anxiety, helplessness and even relational trauma, especially when one party feels outmatched or unheard.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outmatch
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Meanwhile, a 2024 forecast by Research and Markets estimates the digital education sector will surpass $80 billion by 2030, driven by microlearning and online skill monetization.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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The market could surpass those previous records on Friday or early next week, analysts told CBS MoneyWatch.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
26 June 2025
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In 2023, Luckin’s revenue in China exceeded what Starbucks made there for the first time, bouncing back from an accounting scandal that got Luckin booted from the Nasdaq in 2020.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
2 July 2025
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Despite Israel’s qualitatively effective defenses, an underlying quantitative war attrition was at play that threatened to degrade Israel’s position over time: Iranian stocks of MRBM-class missiles likely exceeded the number of anti-MRBM interceptors possessed by Israel (ie. Arrow-2 and 3).—
Sebastien Roblin,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Brazilian dystopian series 3% is another show that follows people who are struggling financially and enter a competition to better their lives.—
Skyler Trepel,
People.com,
30 June 2025
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Kate Hudson considered being emancipated from her parents, Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson, to better her Hollywood career.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
28 June 2025
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Joya wasn’t with us that day; my mother had handed me enough heavy coins to purchase it from a trinket stand in Trafalgar Square, where long white poles around Nelson’s Column were festooned with regal banners and topped with crowns.—
Jhumpa Lahiri,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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On the Soundtracks chart, where KPop Demon Hunters enters at No. 1, the album is the first from a Netflix program to top the list in over two years — since Stranger Things: Soundtrack from the Netflix Series, Volume 4, re-entered atop the list dated Nov. 19, 2022, for its first week at No. 1.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
30 June 2025
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“Outmatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outmatch. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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