as in surpassed
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 outperformed
The fund also posted gains in the last three years and has outperformed the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) in four of the last five years.
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Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2026
That’s Bennett, who turned Saint Mary’s into one of the best mid-majors in college basketball and has outperformed Gonzaga, the WCC’s Goliath, the last few years — the Gaels have won four straight league titles, sharing two of those with Gonzaga.
—Cj Moore, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The system outperformed traditional grippers that rely on visual feedback.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Mar. 2026
There are some instances when AI excels at identifying medical issues — in some studies, large language models have sometimes matched or even outperformed physicians on diagnostic reasoning tasks.
—Katia Riddle, NPR, 11 Mar. 2026
So far this month, Bitcoin has outperformed gold, which is widely recognized as an inflation hedge.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026
Monsters University outperformed the original commercially, earning $743 million on a budget of approximately $200 million.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
Four-term incumbent John Cornyn outperformed all the polls and finished ahead of Attorney General Ken Paxton in a very close race, 42% to 41%.
—Jack Fink, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Democrats have outperformed Republicans in flipping state legislative seats.
—Marissa Martinez, NBC news, 5 Mar. 2026
Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2026
That’s Bennett, who turned Saint Mary’s into one of the best mid-majors in college basketball and has outperformed Gonzaga, the WCC’s Goliath, the last few years — the Gaels have won four straight league titles, sharing two of those with Gonzaga.
—Cj Moore, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The system outperformed traditional grippers that rely on visual feedback.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Mar. 2026
There are some instances when AI excels at identifying medical issues — in some studies, large language models have sometimes matched or even outperformed physicians on diagnostic reasoning tasks.
—Katia Riddle, NPR, 11 Mar. 2026
So far this month, Bitcoin has outperformed gold, which is widely recognized as an inflation hedge.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026
Monsters University outperformed the original commercially, earning $743 million on a budget of approximately $200 million.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
Four-term incumbent John Cornyn outperformed all the polls and finished ahead of Attorney General Ken Paxton in a very close race, 42% to 41%.
—Jack Fink, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Democrats have outperformed Republicans in flipping state legislative seats.
—Marissa Martinez, NBC news, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outperformed
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A week before the first round of the conference tournament, the event already surpassed its ticket sales from 2025.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Though he's been inconsistent throughout his career, his best stretches have surpassed what McCarthy has shown on the field.—
Anthony Bettin,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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The seamless cooperation between the two allies has exceeded expectations.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued the warning because the bacteria levels exceeded state health standards.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
13 Mar. 2026
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In addition to 19,271 ballots cast early at in-person polling locations and 13,324 ballots received so far by mail, the county had topped 50,000 votes and counting on Tuesday afternoon, according to the numbers provided by Cunningham.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Inflation as measured by the separate Consumer Price Index topped 9% that month, the fastest pace since 1981, when the Fed was in the process of taming an even worse unmooring of prices.—
Howard Schneider,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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In their most recent matchup, UCI defeated the Aztecs, 55-45, at Viejas Arena in the first round of the 2023 WNIT.—
Oc Register,
Oc Register,
16 Mar. 2026
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The Blue Devils defeated Florida, Arkansas, Kansas and Michigan State, among others.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Mar. 2026
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