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
This portfolio has consistently outperformed the S&P 500 and has delivered impressive returns exceeding 91% since its inception.
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Trefis Team, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Pittsburgh outperformed Detroit, Cleveland and Columbus.
—Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
Key News Asian equities were mostly higher overnight as Hong Kong and Mainland China outperformed while Indonesia and Korea underperformed.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
For the year, shares of the solar-technology company are up about 24% and have significantly outperformed its peer group.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
Indonesia, Korea, and Thailand outperformed, while Indonesia and Thailand underperformed.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
The stock has outperformed the broader market, gaining nearly 13% over the past three months and more than 54% over the past 12 months.
—Sean Conlon, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
Wolfe Research technical strategist Rob Ginsberg also highlighted that Chinese tech stocks have outperformed the Nasdaq-100 index in recent months.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
On a mathematics benchmark called AIME 2025, Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini outperformed OpenAI’s 03 mini, DeepSeek’s R1, and Google’s Gemini 2 Flash models in reasoning abilities, xAI says.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 18 Feb. 2025
Trefis Team, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Pittsburgh outperformed Detroit, Cleveland and Columbus.
—Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
Key News Asian equities were mostly higher overnight as Hong Kong and Mainland China outperformed while Indonesia and Korea underperformed.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
For the year, shares of the solar-technology company are up about 24% and have significantly outperformed its peer group.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
Indonesia, Korea, and Thailand outperformed, while Indonesia and Thailand underperformed.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
The stock has outperformed the broader market, gaining nearly 13% over the past three months and more than 54% over the past 12 months.
—Sean Conlon, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
Wolfe Research technical strategist Rob Ginsberg also highlighted that Chinese tech stocks have outperformed the Nasdaq-100 index in recent months.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
On a mathematics benchmark called AIME 2025, Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini outperformed OpenAI’s 03 mini, DeepSeek’s R1, and Google’s Gemini 2 Flash models in reasoning abilities, xAI says.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 18 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outperformed
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Nordstrom did report a third-quarter drop in net earnings, but there were increases in operating profits and sales revenues that surpassed Wall Street expectations.—
David Moin,
WWD,
24 Dec. 2024
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Mega Millions has hit and surpassed the $1 billion mark six times in the game's history, according to Mega Millions.—
Joyce Orlando,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Dec. 2024
Verb
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As the war lurched into its fourth year, Russian losses of tanks, fighting vehicles and other heavy equipment had exceeded 20,000, according to the analysts at the Oryx intelligence collective, which confirms each loss with imagery from the front line.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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The drop for the S&P 500 exceeded 6% at one point.—
Time,
Time,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Outperformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outperformed. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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