outperformed

past tense of outperform

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Recent Examples of outperformed Sales teams that included a manager outperformed teams without one by 5% to 13%, which meant an extra US$13 million in yearly revenue at the company in question. — Daniel E. Chavez, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026 The resulting adhesive reportedly outperformed heavy-duty duct tape in adhesion strength. — New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2026 CoreWeave popped more than 6% Monday as the broader AI trade outperformed to start the week. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026 In telecoms, in payments, in logistics, the platforms that integrated across technologies consistently outperformed the specialists over longtime horizons. — Yariv Cohen, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026 But he was outperformed citywide, leaving Palisades voters with a choice some liken to picking the lesser of two evils. — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 These agents powered through the challenges — a few even outperformed 2025 — thanks to social media, innovative partnerships and a love of the game. — Hadley Meares, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026 Chelsea wildly outperformed their statistics, which Leeds actually matched. — Beren Cross, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 This is a fascinating culmination of an encouraging summer for Nabers, who outperformed recovery timelines and expectations but also has the ability to negotiate a contract extension after this season. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 10 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outperformed
Verb
  • More than 1,355 F-35s are currently operational worldwide, and the fleet has surpassed 1 million flight hours while operating from 42 bases.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Lake Mary’s freshman quarterback Max Campbell surpassed 200 yards passing with a 41-yard throw to Kel Gainer.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Its guidance for non-GAAP operating income also exceeded expectations.
    — Michelle Fox,Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Moore claims she was deprived of a fair hearing and that the arbitrator exceeded permissible authority and disregarded the law.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Erosion along the 3-mile shoreline topped 60% in August and narrowed the beach to a point even Tybee lifers professed to have never seen.
    — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The 10-year Treasury yield topped 5% this past week, hitting the highest level since 2007 and blowing way past forecasts for borrowing costs over the next decade.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In 2022, Hoover defeated sitting legislator Ken Cooley by just 1 percentage point in a race that took days to call.
    — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The Rangers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 on Saturday night in Arlington, followed shortly by the completion of the Houston Astros’ 6-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves in Houston.
    — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2026

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

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