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
As a result, when traversing loose sand, the rover ended up outperforming similar vehicles that were equipped with conventional wheels.
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New Atlas,
22 June 2026
Apple was a notable outlier, outperforming its Magnificent Seven peers during the session.
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Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
Currently, small-cap investors have been experiencing this phenomenon since early 2025, with companies in the Russell 2000 index with negative earnings outperforming those with positive earnings.
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Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
This hyper-efficiency allows the robotaxi to travel roughly six miles on a single kilowatt-hour (kWh) of power — outperforming standard EVs that typically get only three to four miles per kWh.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
18 June 2026
For the first time in 15 years, old economy sectors—industrials, energy, defense, real assets—are outperforming on a sustained basis.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
In both scenarios, the Mission 1 Pro shows the best picture of the three, easily beating the Hero13 Black for color accuracy and brightness, and slightly outperforming the Osmo Action 5 Pro in both situations too.
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Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
11 June 2026
Results of a pilot round in February were mixed, with companies’ opaque, internal efforts vastly outperforming their public models.
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Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
10 June 2026
That location is outperforming his other spot in RiNo — something that’s flipped since the pandemic.
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Max Scheinblum,
Denver Post,
9 June 2026
New Atlas,
22 June 2026
Apple was a notable outlier, outperforming its Magnificent Seven peers during the session.
—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
Currently, small-cap investors have been experiencing this phenomenon since early 2025, with companies in the Russell 2000 index with negative earnings outperforming those with positive earnings.
—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
This hyper-efficiency allows the robotaxi to travel roughly six miles on a single kilowatt-hour (kWh) of power — outperforming standard EVs that typically get only three to four miles per kWh.
—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
18 June 2026
For the first time in 15 years, old economy sectors—industrials, energy, defense, real assets—are outperforming on a sustained basis.
—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
In both scenarios, the Mission 1 Pro shows the best picture of the three, easily beating the Hero13 Black for color accuracy and brightness, and slightly outperforming the Osmo Action 5 Pro in both situations too.
—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
11 June 2026
Results of a pilot round in February were mixed, with companies’ opaque, internal efforts vastly outperforming their public models.
—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
10 June 2026
That location is outperforming his other spot in RiNo — something that’s flipped since the pandemic.
—
Max Scheinblum,
Denver Post,
9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outperforming
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Temperatures have reached a heat index exceeding 110 degrees.
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Ultimately, every hire should create value equal to or exceeding the investment the company makes in hiring, developing, and compensating them.
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The park discipline saw Japan's 15-year-old Mizuho Hasegawa achieve the highest women's park score ever recorded, surpassing reigning world champion Sky Brown.
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Lonnie has plenty stacked against him, not least of all his own son, who is inching closer to surpassing his status in the golf world — people are even starting to call him the Hawk, a torch that had to have been pried out of his father’s hand.
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The first ever major league game to be played in Europe resulted in the Yankees defeating the Red Sox 17-13 in front of 60,000 spectators at London Olympic Stadium.
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The team displayed impressive form in the preliminary tournament qualifiers, winning all eight of its matches, scoring 37 goals, and defeating four-time World Cup champions Italy twice.
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The game ends 0-0, with Colombia topping the group on seven points and Portugal earning second with five.
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The retailer reported revenue of $3 billion, topping Wall Street estimates, and projected full-year net sales and comparable sales to be in a range of down 2% to flat.
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