as in exceeding
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 outperforming
Nvidia’s stock is outperforming all of its megacap peers so far this year except for chipmaker Broadcom, which is up about 40%, similarly boosted by OpenAI.
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Kif Leswing, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Early returns showed Grijalva outperforming her Republican opponent by a roughly 2-to-1 margin.
—Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
NewsNation reached a major milestone on Sunday, outperforming CNN and MSNBC in total viewers and the key advertising demographic of adults aged 25-54 for six consecutive hours, the first time the network has achieved that feat, according to Nielsen data.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2025
Tested under stringent conditions, the new material endured more than 90,000 operating cycles, which is the equivalent of 25,000 hours of continuous truck operation, while still outperforming current DOE targets.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
The party has been routinely overperforming in congressional and legislative special elections this year, with the party’s candidates outperforming Harris in 33 out of 39 races, according to elections and data compiled from The Downballot.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 23 Sep. 2025
The Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio, comprising 30 stocks, has a solid history of consistently outperforming the S&P 500 over the last 4-year period.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
More Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images The Dodgers will not have room for him in the postseason rotation thanks to Tyler Glasnow, Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani and Emmet Sheehan outperforming him this year.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
The Minnesota congresswoman was re-elected to her fourth term by a double-digit margin last November, scoring her biggest victory yet and outperforming Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket.
—Charlotte Alter, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
Kif Leswing, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Early returns showed Grijalva outperforming her Republican opponent by a roughly 2-to-1 margin.
—Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
NewsNation reached a major milestone on Sunday, outperforming CNN and MSNBC in total viewers and the key advertising demographic of adults aged 25-54 for six consecutive hours, the first time the network has achieved that feat, according to Nielsen data.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2025
Tested under stringent conditions, the new material endured more than 90,000 operating cycles, which is the equivalent of 25,000 hours of continuous truck operation, while still outperforming current DOE targets.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
The party has been routinely overperforming in congressional and legislative special elections this year, with the party’s candidates outperforming Harris in 33 out of 39 races, according to elections and data compiled from The Downballot.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 23 Sep. 2025
The Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio, comprising 30 stocks, has a solid history of consistently outperforming the S&P 500 over the last 4-year period.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
More Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images The Dodgers will not have room for him in the postseason rotation thanks to Tyler Glasnow, Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani and Emmet Sheehan outperforming him this year.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
The Minnesota congresswoman was re-elected to her fourth term by a double-digit margin last November, scoring her biggest victory yet and outperforming Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket.
—Charlotte Alter, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outperforming
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Families with incomes not exceeding 200% of the federal poverty level are eligible to participate in Wisconsin Shares, and may remain eligible until their income reaches 85% of the state median income.—
Jessie Opoien,
jsonline.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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As of late August 2025, the department reported a backlog exceeding 1 million pending IDR applications.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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This naturally gluten-free carb source packs 38% of the magnesium DV per cup, surpassing the amount found in more popular grains and pseudocereals like quinoa and oats.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
1 Oct. 2025
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In just the first seven months, the city has already welcomed more than 636 medium- and large-scale projects, including 46 fiction films — surpassing the total for all of last year — 33 series, and over 260 commercials.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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At that point, the Cowboys were well on their way to their second win of the season, defeating the New York Jets 37-22.—
Jon Machota,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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After defeating Colorado 35-21 on Saturday, TCU sits at 4-1 and 1-1 in the conference two games into its Big 12 slate.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Oct. 2025
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Conchas Conchas are perhaps the most beloved and recognizable type of pan dulce, instantly identifiable by their round, pillowy shape and signature sugar shell topping.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Hawes led the way for tight ends with 31 of the team’s 59 snaps, topping Knox (24) and Kincaid (22).—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Outperforming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outperforming. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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