outperforms

verb

present tense third-person singular of outperform
as in surpasses
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 outperforms Why beauty outperforms other industries Traackr measures creator marketing performance using its VIT framework, which evaluates creator volume, frequency, content performance and average audience size. — Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 Mississippi spends $12,000 yet outperforms New York in fourth-grade mathematics and reading. — Zilvinas "z" Silenas, New York Daily News, 14 Sep. 2026 The handset runs Xiaomi’s in-house XRing O3 AI processor, which Lei said outperforms Apple’s A19 Pro in responsiveness. — Reuters, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2026 The same principle underlies brainwriting, a technique that reliably outperforms conventional brainstorming. — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Dozens of shoppers say Milani Conceal + Perfect 2-in-1 Foundation outperforms products five times as expensive. — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 28 July 2026 The new model outperforms Fable 5 on tasks like knowledge work, novel problem solving, and agentic search. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 25 July 2026 The Brewers used the momentum from a playoff appearance with Sabathia to help create a consistently competitive organization that constantly outperforms expectations. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 16 July 2026 Just as Karatsuba’s algorithm only outperforms the grade-school approach when numbers get reasonably large, the Harvey-van der Hoeven algorithm doesn’t pull ahead until the numbers become truly galactic. — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 13 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outperforms
  1. surpasses
  2. exceeds
  3. tops
  4. defeats
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  • While debates about building AI that surpasses human intelligence, flashy new gadgets and AI spending tend to dominate tech events, tech talks at last week’s Oakland Tech Week often had a different vibe.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Its best parts have a grandeur that surpasses its industrial settings and gets at something eerie and transcendent.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026
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  • Demand already exceeds the available clinical workforce, so time freed from documentation, scheduling, or intake doesn’t have to mean fewer people doing the same work.
    — Bill Miller, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The unit is said to endure 20,000 cycles at a 100% depth of discharge, a number which exceeds the typical lithium-ion warranty by a number of decades.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
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  • Wynn Resorts tops the screen, with analysts expecting the casino operator's shares to climb about 70% to reach their consensus 12-month price target.
    — Nick Wells, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Tom Brady passes for 340 yards and a touchdown and runs for another score in his 200th victory as a starting quarterback, tops in NFL history.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of tops
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  • This eventually defeats Other Mommy, leaving the happy family of three intact — even though there’s subtext that Bela will always have a little discomfort around her mother.
    — William Earl, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Years of practice, games, injuries, triumphs and defeats shape prospects for the ultimate goal — to play hockey professionally.
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of defeats

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