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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
But our system outperforms all of them, sometimes by a very large measure.
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IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
The Trafalgar poll showed that Sherill still outperforms her opponent among women, Black voters, Hispanics and Gen Z voters.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
What’s remained is Cerebras’ insistence that its hardware outperforms graphics processing units, or GPUs, a market that Nvidia dominates but where Advanced Micro Devices is trying to play catch-up.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
Meta also launched its superintelligence lab, recruiting talent aggressively with multi-million-dollar job offers, to develop AI that outperforms human intelligence.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
The result is loyal teams, loyal clients and profitability that outperforms high‑volume models without sacrificing community impact.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The show, geared toward a MAGA audience, consistently outperforms all its competitors in linear ratings.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
Hilton has made 52 NFL starts in four seasons, handling 5,425 defensive snaps, and will likely man the nickel spot unless Cornell Armstrong, a six-year veteran who has made a career for himself as a special teams contributor, outperforms him.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2025
IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
The Trafalgar poll showed that Sherill still outperforms her opponent among women, Black voters, Hispanics and Gen Z voters.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
What’s remained is Cerebras’ insistence that its hardware outperforms graphics processing units, or GPUs, a market that Nvidia dominates but where Advanced Micro Devices is trying to play catch-up.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
Meta also launched its superintelligence lab, recruiting talent aggressively with multi-million-dollar job offers, to develop AI that outperforms human intelligence.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
The result is loyal teams, loyal clients and profitability that outperforms high‑volume models without sacrificing community impact.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The show, geared toward a MAGA audience, consistently outperforms all its competitors in linear ratings.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
Hilton has made 52 NFL starts in four seasons, handling 5,425 defensive snaps, and will likely man the nickel spot unless Cornell Armstrong, a six-year veteran who has made a career for himself as a special teams contributor, outperforms him.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outperforms
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That will be followed by Study 02 next year featuring different hardware using stainless steel with 18-karat gold plating sourced from China, where Canadas contended hardware technology surpasses European alternatives.—
Ritu Upadhyay,
Footwear News,
3 Nov. 2025
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Though both of these James Whale masterpieces hold up remarkably well, the 1935 sequel surpasses the original Frankenstein — itself a great movie — in terms of style.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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But the two have racked up an astronomical, nine-figure legal bill that far exceeds any reasonable amount the two may have needed for their defense, the bank said in a court filing late Friday.—
Ken Sweet,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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The young girls are going back to their remote mountain village to take part in the perilous harvest of the yarsagumba, a rare creature, half mushroom, half insect, whose value exceeds that of gold.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
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One team tops the current odds for Morant's new team, and that is the Sacramento Kings.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Mamdani will lead a city of over 8 million people, the capital of media, finance and much else, whose annual budget tops $116 billion, after outmaneuvering rivals with decades more experience in a race that captured national attention.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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According to Politico, a landslide election generally refers to a race in which the winning candidate defeats their opponent by a margin of at least 10 percentage points.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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In these sparsely populated spaces, the mountain always defeats the human, instilling a deep respect for the environment.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
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