outperformed

past tense of outperform

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Recent Examples of outperformed Since the start of 2025 — and despite both the tariff shock and an energy supply crisis, Europe's Stoxx has outperformed the S&P 500. Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2026 While the starters had a respectable showing against Washington’s backups, Miami’s backups bled out for most of Friday night’s game, which followed a scrimmage where the Dolphins’ offense and defense were outperformed by the Commanders. Omar Kelly august 15, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026 While Nike has issues with some international markets, such as Europe and China, Konik said, even a year ago, that in running, Swoosh’s Vomero Plus has outperformed On’s Cloudsurfer Max due to broader appeal. Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 12 Aug. 2026 In the June primaries, Wahab outperformed runner-up Hernandez. Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026 Its Gemini 3 model outperformed all its rivals and pushed OpenAI to declare its own code red in late 2025, as Gemini’s benchmark gains and rapid user growth put pressure on ChatGPT’s lead. Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026 The companies that consistently outperformed their peers shared many of the same characteristics. Joseph K. Hopkins, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Even though mFlusiva outperformed the traditional flu shot in a late-stage clinical trial, its approval was not a sure thing. Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2026 That fall, an experimental cancer drug from the Chinese firm Akeso outperformed Keytruda, a gold-standard therapy made by the American pharma giant Merck. Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outperformed
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
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
Verb
  • Jones and Feliciano won their introductory press conference Monday, creating a level of engagement and connection that topped even the public introductions of Moores and Lucchino in 1995 and the Seidler-Ron Fowler group in 2012.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Nature zones, calm corners, and community hangouts topped the list of spaces people wanted.
    Sam Birchall, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In Saturday’s semifinals, Pegula beat defending champion Iga Swiatek and Gauff defeated Sara Bejlek to set up the first all-American women’s final at the Cincinnati Open in 56 years.
    Jeff Wallner, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
  • India is leading the two-match series having defeated Sri Lanka by 165 runs in the first match in Galle.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

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“Outperformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outperformed. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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