Thesaurus results for OUTPERFORMED

outperformed

verb

past tense of outperform

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 Burnham outperformed expectations, however, giving Labour strategists hope that the party can reconnect with voters before the next national elections, which could change the makeup of the House of Commons and give another party a chance to take the reins. —

Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 22 June 2026 The top portfolios also outperformed the market. —

Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026 David Zwirner told ARTnews the gallery had made a total of 57 sales by late afternoon, including preview sales, which also outperformed its previous year at the fair. —

Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 16 June 2026 While Wells Fargo and many of its peers have struggled, Club holding Goldman Sachs has outperformed, climbing more than 24% year to date, after securing a slew of big-name deals , including a lead position in bringing SpaceX 's initial public offering to market. —

Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 16 June 2026 Pritchard, a longtime teacher and deputy to county supervisors, received significant support in the district’s rural areas and narrowly outperformed Vega in Woodland precincts, county data show. —

Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026 As of Thursday, Sánchez and her fellow Democratic candidates had collectively outperformed Clemmons by a wide margin. —

Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026 Since the crash, bitcoin hasn’t recovered while other assets like stocks and gold have outperformed. —

John Towfighi, CNN Money, 9 June 2026 Across all votes reported in the June 2 primary since the close of election night counting, Raman had outperformed both Bass and Pratt through Sunday, gaining 43,000 votes on Pratt and increasing her overall share of the vote by about 5 points. —

Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 June 2026

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In the sixth inning, Kansas City Royals star Salvador Perez surpassed Hall of Famer George Brett with his 137th career home run at the club’s home venue.

— Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026
None of the Senate candidates surpassed the 50% threshold required to win, and Ossoff and Warnock headed to a January 2021 runoff against their Republican opponents.

— Jay Stahl, USA Today, 18 June 2026