Thesaurus results for OUTPERFORMING

outperforming

verb

present participle of outperform

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 Alphabet’s stock has more than doubled in the past year, outperforming all the company’s megacap peers, as investors applaud its AI investments and the returns Google is seeing through its Gemini upgrades. —

Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 1 June 2026 An experimental medicine helped vanquish hepatitis B in clinical trials in nearly 1 in 5 people with chronic infections caused by the virus, far outperforming available treatment options in an illness that kills 1 million people every year. —

Andrew Joseph, STAT, 28 May 2026 Trump’s sagging approval rating comes as Democrats have a chance at outperforming Republicans in midterms, with Emerson’s May poll showing Democrats with a 9-point advantage on the generic congressional ballot, though 9% of voters were undecided. —

Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 The states outperforming in AI adoption—Texas, Utah, Nevada, Georgia—are among the most Republican in the country. —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 May 2026 Host countries have a history of outperforming their usual results, though. —

Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 27 May 2026 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 This is one of the many recently outperforming sectors that sold off overnight, including AI, robotics, and consumer plays. —

Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025 In Adobe Premiere Pro, a professional-grade video editing program, the M3 Ultra really delivered on its promise of superior power, outperforming the M4 Max and showcasing its better suitability for professional-grade video editing workflows. —

PCMAG, 11 Mar. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for outperforming

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In recent weeks, the race for Los Angeles mayor has been dominated by reality star Spencer Pratt, who, following an expectation-exceeding debate performance, has risen in the polls with an insurgent campaign specializing in producing or promoting brash and direct online videos.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 June 2026
The team collected data on speeds of drivers for one week in September 2021 and found 44% of the more than 100,000 vehicles that drove the corridor in the week were exceeding the 30 mph posted speed limit.

— Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 2 June 2026