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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Recent Examples of outperform
Data shows that, over the long term, such funds generally outperform those in which money managers actively pick stocks.
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Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 12 June 2026
Research shows that schools with librarians tend to outperform schools without them on standardized tests, and even that schools with full-time librarians get better scores than schools with part-time library staff.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
Speed and consistency genuinely outperform human judgment here.
—François Candelon, Fortune, 12 June 2026
Geiser said that the high school GPA outperforms the SAT in predicting first-year student success once income and race are controlled.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
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Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 12 June 2026
Research shows that schools with librarians tend to outperform schools without them on standardized tests, and even that schools with full-time librarians get better scores than schools with part-time library staff.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
Speed and consistency genuinely outperform human judgment here.
—François Candelon, Fortune, 12 June 2026
Geiser said that the high school GPA outperforms the SAT in predicting first-year student success once income and race are controlled.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
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Ryzhikov, 51, was the only veteran on the Soyuz MS-27 crew and has now reached a total time in space that only 12 other people in history have exceeded.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
9 Dec. 2025
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The report exceeded Wall Street expectations and contrasted noticeably with 2024, a year in which Hurricane Helene was cited as a negative financial factor.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Dec. 2025
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Seven decades later that number has climbed to seventy-three, while those in the richest nations have surpassed an average of over fourscore years, a number the Bible reserves for only the most vigorous among us.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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In the meantime, there is a World Cup to win and Os Magricos to surpass.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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The reigning World Cup champions have topped FIFA's team rankings, edging out France, just hours before this summer's tournament is set to kick off.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
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In 2024, Kobe Bryant’s 2000 Lakers ring sold at auction for $927,000, the highest price ever paid for an NBA title ring, topping Bill Russell’s 1957 ring at $705,000.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Across fixtures which mirror the opening half-a-dozen matches of the first team’s Champions League campaign, Newcastle were defeated on every occasion.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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So that led to the biggest shock of all when after Steven blocked Savannah’s vote, and Sophi’s Knowledge is Power fizzled in spectacular fashion, and Tres Leches seemed despondent and defeated… that Steven ended up being unanimously voted out anyway!—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Dec. 2025
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The Bulldogs fell behind 3-0 in the first and could not overcome the early deficit thanks to the efforts of OU starting pitcher Xander Mercurius’ 7 1/3 quality innings pitched.—
Hunter DeLauder,
AJC.com,
16 June 2026
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Chasing atomic limits To overcome that challenge, the KAIST team relied on first-principles calculations, a computational approach that predicts material behavior using the laws of physics rather than experimental data.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
16 June 2026
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“Outperform.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outperform. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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