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Recent Examples of outshine This cosmic cannibalism causes blasts of light that can outshine the combined light of every star in the host galaxy of the TDE, alerting scientists to a gory stellar death. Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 May 2025 Inventive variations are outshining the quintessential Aperol spritz, writes Forbes spirits contributor Rachel King. Sarah Perez, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025 Fireballs can be seen when ancient pieces of solar system debris with diameters ranging from millimeters to meters slam into Earth's atmosphere, burning up in a fiery display of cosmic pyrotechnics that can easily outshine the brightest planets in the night sky. Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 June 2025 The group has since pivoted to identifying high-growth sectors that outshine Europe’s average underlying GDP growth numbers. Preston Fore, Fortune, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for outshine
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  • Russian Attacks on Ukraine and War Developments Late on July 3 and into the early hours of July 4, Russia battered Ukraine with more than 500 drones and missiles in the most intense aerial attack of the war, surpassing the previous record set just days earlier on June 29.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • Several family members of former MLB relief pitcher Tyler Walker remain missing on Tuesday as the death toll surpassed 100 following the devastating flooding that took place in central Texas over the Fourth of July weekend.
    Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 8 July 2025
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  • In 2023, Luckin’s revenue in China exceeded what Starbucks made there for the first time, bouncing back from an accounting scandal that got Luckin booted from the Nasdaq in 2020.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 2 July 2025
  • Despite Israel’s qualitatively effective defenses, an underlying quantitative war attrition was at play that threatened to degrade Israel’s position over time: Iranian stocks of MRBM-class missiles likely exceeded the number of anti-MRBM interceptors possessed by Israel (ie. Arrow-2 and 3).
    Sebastien Roblin, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
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  • That contract, and Marner’s new 8x12 deal with the Golden Knights, easily eclipsed Day 1’s biggest mover, Gavrikov.
    Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Throughout most of the campaign, Jacinto ranked highly in all of these categories, eclipsed only by stars such as Mapi Leon, Aitana Bonmati, Claudia Pina and Caroline Graham Hansen of Barcelona.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 30 June 2025
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  • Brazilian dystopian series 3% is another show that follows people who are struggling financially and enter a competition to better their lives.
    Skyler Trepel, People.com, 30 June 2025
  • Kate Hudson considered being emancipated from her parents, Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson, to better her Hollywood career.
    Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025
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  • On the Soundtracks chart, where KPop Demon Hunters enters at No. 1, the album is the first from a Netflix program to top the list in over two years — since Stranger Things: Soundtrack from the Netflix Series, Volume 4, re-entered atop the list dated Nov. 19, 2022, for its first week at No. 1.
    Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 30 June 2025
  • Joya wasn’t with us that day; my mother had handed me enough heavy coins to purchase it from a trinket stand in Trafalgar Square, where long white poles around Nelson’s Column were festooned with regal banners and topped with crowns.
    Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025

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“Outshine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outshine. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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