Thesaurus results for OUTPERFORMED

outperformed

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past tense of outperform

as in surpassed

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 outperformed In fact, by some measures, DeepMind even outperformed human forecasters during the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season overall. — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 By The Numbers On a per-theater basis, MELANIA outperformed Tom Cruise’s DIGGER by approximately 67%, despite opening in roughly half as many theaters. — Zack Sharf, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026 Irving has already outperformed his round 4/5 price tag and looks poised for a big game in Dallas, whose rush defense is giving up 150 yards per game and currently ranks 31st in the league. — Jonathan Rubin, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026 The powers that be balked at the sequel’s 48 percent drop from the first installment’s $125 million worldwide gross, which outperformed any and all expectations back in 2017. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026 In August, Advan Research found that year-over-year foot traffic growth for restaurants in Lake Street ZIP codes outperformed surrounding areas for the first time since Operation Metro Surge began. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026 Several recent studies have found that AI alone outperformed doctors working alone or doctors working with AI on critical decisions. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 None of the SSDs in these systems significantly outperformed the others. — Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2026 Campaigns built on hyper-contextual targeting (ads placed alongside specific content and moments rather than placed using a broad demographic label) outperformed generic targeting by three times. — Tony Gonzalez, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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Released late last year, the short by writer-director Martin Hemingway-Moseley has surpassed 600k views on YouTube, maintained a 99% approval rating and has a strong following across social platforms.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
In 2023, traffic fatalities (336 in total, including 179 pedestrians) surpassed homicides for the first time in a decade.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

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French defeated Republican incumbent Jim Wright in a May Republican primary runoff.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2026
That’ll be particularly important after Paxton defeated Cornyn in a brutal primary where Senate Republicans and other Cornyn allies spent more than $90 million in his defense and attacked Paxton as unfit for office.

— Matthew Choi, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026

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