outperforming

present participle of outperform

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Recent Examples of outperforming The bottom line is that GPC has done a good job of bottoming this year, forming a bullish pattern, outperforming its major peers, and approaching a potential breakout from a multi-year relative downtrend versus XLY. Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026 But another poll, an Emerson College poll, actually showed Secretary of State Marco Rubio outperforming Vice President JD Vance. NBC news, 23 Aug. 2026 Patterson signed after going 13 for 13 on field goals while outperforming Gonzalez, Eddy Piniero and Greg Joseph in a tryout. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026 Two weeks after their respective primaries, Democratic nominee Abdul el Sayed is outperforming Republican nominee Mike Rogers in the latest poll for the competitive Senate race in Michigan. David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2026 Combined with the stellar success of The Odyssey, the domestic box office is currently outperforming pre-pandemic numbers. Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Aug. 2026 This distinction belongs to a private villa 20 minutes outside the medina, where a live-in chef who has been cooking Moroccan food her entire life is quietly outperforming all of it. Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 For companies in markets with volatile local currencies, the issue may be less about outperforming inflation and more about preserving optionality. Matthew Kayser, Ascend Agency, 10 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outperforming
Verb
  • Shift toward utility-scale plants The current submissions represent a shift toward utility-scale plants exceeding 100 megawatts on single bodies of water.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The Big Island could see 5 to 10 inches of rain, with isolated amounts exceeding a foot, while Maui might get up to 3 inches.
    Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Last year, the New York metro area’s tech workforce reached 394,300, surpassing the Bay Area’s 375,730, according to a report from CBRE.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Okta soared more than 20% after surpassing analyst expectations and reporting booming demand due to agentic AI.
    Justina Lee,Alex Harring, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Flag football Panorama pulled off the biggest upset of the week, defeating Eagle Rock in four overtimes.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Day denied that defeating Sununu is his ultimate objective, instead describing his campaign as an experiment in using third-party candidates to force the major parties to keep their promises.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The home run was Bleday’s 21st of the season, topping his previous career high of 20 with the Athletics in 2024.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • With some ballots still outstanding, Wahab has about 53% of the vote, topping 47% for Hernandez, former mayor of Dublin, California, and president of Bay Area Rapid Transit.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

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“Outperforming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outperforming. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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