outperformed

past tense of outperform

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Recent Examples of outperformed Lawson said Amendment 3 outperformed a nationwide shift to the left, and blamed the loss on out-of-state donors contributing to the opposition. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2026 Apple heading into Monday's earnings report had outperformed the Nasdaq-100 by nearly 20 percentage points over the prior six months. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026 That weekend in is in line with Evil Dead Rise and M3GAN and outperformed all other key comps including Smile, Weapons and The Black Phone. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2026 Republicans outperformed expectations in several recent presidential elections, while Democrats were underestimated in key Senate races in the last midterm cycle, and in Virginia and New Jersey governor’s races last year. — Lenny Bronner, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2026 Netanyahu’s Likud party and its allies outperformed expectations on Tuesday. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2026 But University of Florida research also found that tech companies that have gone public with more than one class of stock have outperformed single-class tech companies. — Diane Brady, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026 Both outperformed similar catalysts that lacked the MXene support, the study demonstrated. — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, the MacBook Neo's iPhone-grade chip outperformed Googlebooks’ processors in single-core performance, while losing out on multi-core performance by varying (but overall large) margins. — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outperformed
Verb
  • Apple's market value briefly surpassed Nvidia in July, before falling back below.
    — Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Although prices reached record highs for 2026, the statewide average for regular gasoline has not yet surpassed that all-time record.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Defeat effectiveness exceeded approximately 75 to 80 percent, while operator observations indicated the system was even more effective at preventing hostile UAS from successfully completing their missions.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Chiquita Canyon’s garbage fire has exceeded 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or beyond boiling and has expanded from approximately 20 acres in 2022 to roughly 90 acres and continuing to grow.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for nine consecutive weeks, became an instant hallmark of the mid-2000s, and cemented Ne-Yo’s brand of heartfelt autofiction.
    — Clover Hope, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Arsenii Dukhno of Russia, who topped qualifying, bounded out of bounds after overcooking a tumbling sequence and wound up sixth.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Stevens defeated El-Sayed in both counties in the August primary, drawing support from Black and Jewish voters who are important parts of the Democratic coalition.
    — Joey Cappelletti, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Also claiming titles Thursday were 4A Oconee County, which defeated Columbus, and Bremen, with a win over Gordon Lee in Class 2A/A.
    — Caitlyn Stroh-Page, AJC.com, 1 Nov. 2026

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“Outperformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outperformed. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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