as in surpassing
to be greater, better, or stronger than
the trumpeter outshines all of his fellow band members
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Recent Examples of outshining
That's because the waning gibbous moon will appear in the sky at the same time, most likely outshining many of the fainter shooting stars.
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 4 May 2026
Driscoll has been seen by Hegseth’s aides as outshining the Defense secretary on prominent policy initiatives.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
The quiet ethic often called Minnesota Nice is outshining the intimidation meant to silence dissent.
—Valeng Cha, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
Google-parent Alphabet was the most magnificent of the Magnificent Seven; Colombia’s stock market was the surprise leader of the MSCI All Country World Index; silver surged over 141%, outshining its sibling gold, which itself had a phenomenal year.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026
Sure, maybe country’s shutout in best new artist was due in part to overcrowding between Ella Langley, Zach Top and Megan Moroney, with no one of those country candidates obviously outshining the other two.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2025
Inconveniently for skywatchers, the full moon will also occur on November 5, with its brightness potentially outshining meteors.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2025
However, the monarchy prioritizes tradition, hierarchy and protocol over individuality or outshining other senior royals.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
In that area, his peers were outshining him.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
Anthony Wood, Space.com, 4 May 2026
Driscoll has been seen by Hegseth’s aides as outshining the Defense secretary on prominent policy initiatives.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
The quiet ethic often called Minnesota Nice is outshining the intimidation meant to silence dissent.
—Valeng Cha, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
Google-parent Alphabet was the most magnificent of the Magnificent Seven; Colombia’s stock market was the surprise leader of the MSCI All Country World Index; silver surged over 141%, outshining its sibling gold, which itself had a phenomenal year.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026
Sure, maybe country’s shutout in best new artist was due in part to overcrowding between Ella Langley, Zach Top and Megan Moroney, with no one of those country candidates obviously outshining the other two.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2025
Inconveniently for skywatchers, the full moon will also occur on November 5, with its brightness potentially outshining meteors.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2025
However, the monarchy prioritizes tradition, hierarchy and protocol over individuality or outshining other senior royals.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
In that area, his peers were outshining him.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outshining
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The Indiana recruit has set team records for homers in a season with 15, quickly surpassing the 10 hit by 2022 graduate Kiley Conner, and in a career with 28, eclipsing the 24 hit by 2017 graduate Alex Hickey.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Charity is of particular importance to the London Marathon, even compared to other races, as this year’s edition broke yet another record, surpassing $118 million.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
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Doe is seeking damages exceeding $75,000, along with other punitive damages and other relief to be determined at trial.—
Lexi Nicklaus,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Apr. 2026
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Both teams had playoff probabilities exceeding 85% just a few weeks ago.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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But Deborah’s bitterness is eclipsing everything.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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The Indiana recruit has set team records for homers in a season with 15, quickly surpassing the 10 hit by 2022 graduate Kiley Conner, and in a career with 28, eclipsing the 24 hit by 2017 graduate Alex Hickey.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Some states like California have been seeing prices as high as $6 per gallon over the past several days, while Oregon, Washington, Nevada and Alaska contend with average prices topping $5 per gallon.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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Bally’s Chicago hosted a topping-off ceremony yesterday marking the placement of the final beam, a milestone signifying the completion of the structural framework.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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