outperformed

past tense of outperform

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Recent Examples of outperformed 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 In other words, more than 470 stocks in the index have outperformed ADBE this year. Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026 The same results appear in head-to-head testing, where models pretrained on clinical data outperformed general-purpose ones across most healthcare workflows. Fawad Butt, Forbes.com, 4 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 Meanwhile, Wahab has largely outperformed her in this year’s two previous elections. Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026 Though the event has outperformed its fundraising goals every year for the last five years, the seven-figure tally was the first in the event’s 26-year history. Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 28 July 2026 By throwing six scoreless innings, Shota Imanaga outperformed reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes, the night after Matthew Boyd’s strong start enabled the Cubs to outlast Jared Jones in a 3-2 victory in 10 innings. Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 26 July 2026 When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, for example, several contractors initially outperformed—but, according to a Fisher Investment analysis, much of those gains had already occurred before the invasion. Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outperformed
Verb
  • Virgilijus’s Olympic record had stood for 20 years before his son and eventual 2024 Olympic gold medalist Roje Stona surpassed the mark in Paris.
    Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Alpha-Zero, as the system was called, surpassed human experts at chess, the Japanese chess variant Shogi, and the ancient strategy board game called Go.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Sales of the company's diabetes drug Ozempic and overall obesity portfolio exceeded analyst estimates for the quarter, according to StreetAccount.
    Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Advertising revenue was up 78% in that period, largely due to World Cup, which exceeded the company’s expectations.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The absentee and mail ballot numbers have already topped the highest nonpresidential primary year, with more than 200,000 people already having voted.
    Esme Murphy, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Bieber's carousel also included a video of herself working out at a gym and a photo in which she was seen holding a plate of meatballs topped with red sauce and cheese.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The 42-year-old was defeated by Yadier del Valle via first-round TKO in just 35 seconds, marking his second consecutive stoppage loss.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • This week, progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed defeated congresswoman Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary for Michigan’s Senate seat.
    NBC news, NBC news, 9 Aug. 2026

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“Outperformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outperformed. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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