as in to exceed
to do or perform better than (someone or something)
The car consistently outperforms all other vehicles in its class. outperforming the competition
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When further trained on human and virus protein interactions, PLM-Interact again outperformed existing models in predicting how viruses interact with host proteins.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Systems that know when to act, when to ask, and when to explain will outperform those that operate in isolation.
—Joel Hron, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
The co-conspirator relayed the tip to [a defendant], who placed an approximately $11,000 bet that the Cavaliers would outperform the point spread.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
In the South, Wawa slightly outperforms Sheetz and Buc-ee’s, but Sheetz outnumbers Wawa significantly in Ohio, with 131 locations.
—Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Oct. 2025
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Systems that know when to act, when to ask, and when to explain will outperform those that operate in isolation.
—Joel Hron, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
The co-conspirator relayed the tip to [a defendant], who placed an approximately $11,000 bet that the Cavaliers would outperform the point spread.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
In the South, Wawa slightly outperforms Sheetz and Buc-ee’s, but Sheetz outnumbers Wawa significantly in Ohio, with 131 locations.
—Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Oct. 2025
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The Congressional Budget Office projects the total national debt will exceed $38 trillion by 2029, growing roughly $7 trillion a year.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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Of the companies that have reported so far, 87% managed to exceed Wall Street’s expectations, much higher than the typical 67% beat rate, according to LSEG.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
27 Oct. 2025
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And the 39-point advantage goes down as the Heat’s biggest halftime lead in franchise history, surpassing a 34-point halftime lead against the Portland Trail Blazers on March 29, 2024.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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At the beginning of summer, for the first time in months, my daily step count surpassed a mile.—
Lucinda Rosenfeld,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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Possible bumps in the road Defense will top the agenda.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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The Philadelphia Eagles righted the ship and topped the New York Giants at home.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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In 2024, Westerman easily won reelection, defeating Democrat Risie Howard with 73% of the vote.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Oct. 2025
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That was a contest in which Gay defeated her husband’s team, as Claire is married to Brock head coach Nick Gay, who has been leading that program for four years after a five-year stint at Weatherford.—
Mike Waters,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Oct. 2025
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Conversely, poor initial AI experiences create resistance that’s difficult to overcome.—
François Candelon,
Fortune,
31 Oct. 2025
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The researchers overcame this by using molecular beam epitaxy, a precise technique for growing ultra-thin crystal layers.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Outperform.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outperform. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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