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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
Trust always outperforms control.
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Kelly Ehlers, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026
Broadly speaking, however, the European model outperforms the rest in terms of predictive accuracy.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2026
Africa’s private capital industry outperforms global peers in gender representation, but larger companies are lagging in efforts to boost female leadership, a new report argued.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio, comprising 30 stocks, consistently outperforms its benchmark, which includes the S&P 500, S&P mid-cap, and Russell 2000 indices.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
There's no doubt the hardware outperforms the software, but there are some new AI features to both the system and the famed Game Space platform, with RedMagic's mascot Mora offering more playing assistance too.
—New Atlas, 18 Jan. 2026
According to researchers at Columbia University, tests show the method outperforms five existing approaches, producing the closest match between the robot’s mouth movements and idealized reference videos.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026
Chick-fil-A outperforms the competition for Gen X and Gen Z customers while matching other with millennials and rates high for repeat visitors, according to research firm Numerator.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
The material strength certainly outperforms that of particle board, and the chrome color gives an industrial touch that feels perfectly suitable to a modern kitchen.
—Alex Ronan, Architectural Digest, 1 Jan. 2026
Kelly Ehlers, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026
Broadly speaking, however, the European model outperforms the rest in terms of predictive accuracy.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2026
Africa’s private capital industry outperforms global peers in gender representation, but larger companies are lagging in efforts to boost female leadership, a new report argued.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio, comprising 30 stocks, consistently outperforms its benchmark, which includes the S&P 500, S&P mid-cap, and Russell 2000 indices.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
There's no doubt the hardware outperforms the software, but there are some new AI features to both the system and the famed Game Space platform, with RedMagic's mascot Mora offering more playing assistance too.
—New Atlas, 18 Jan. 2026
According to researchers at Columbia University, tests show the method outperforms five existing approaches, producing the closest match between the robot’s mouth movements and idealized reference videos.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026
Chick-fil-A outperforms the competition for Gen X and Gen Z customers while matching other with millennials and rates high for repeat visitors, according to research firm Numerator.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
The material strength certainly outperforms that of particle board, and the chrome color gives an industrial touch that feels perfectly suitable to a modern kitchen.
—Alex Ronan, Architectural Digest, 1 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outperforms
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This roster surpasses the 228 American athletes who competed at PyeongChang in the 2018 Winter Games — though Summer Olympic teams are even bigger.—
Taylor Johnston,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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This price also surpasses the highest price ever paid for the even-more-expensive FXX Evo that followed the FXX, which is $6,060,959 (CHF 5,236,250) set by RM Sotheby's in Zurich in October 2025.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Jan. 2026
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The company’s annual revenue now exceeds $35 million and has grown sevenfold in the past year, according to Proner.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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This far exceeds other similar devices.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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Though the state’s population tops 4 million, Johor remains something of a satellite of Singapore; millions of Singaporeans visit every month for cheap eats and shopping sprees.—
Jeff Chu,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
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The number of daily flights around the world tops 100,000.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
6 Feb. 2026
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If New England defeats the Seattle Seahawks, Vrabel will become the first person to ever win a Super Bowl as both a player and a head coach for the same franchise.—
Chad Graff,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Gold Coast League co-champions Brentwood and Crossroads have already met twice and could meet a third time in the second round of the Division 1 playoffs if Brentwood defeats Fairmont Prep and Crossroads defeats Long Beach Poly.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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