Thesaurus results for OUTPERFORMING

outperforming

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present participle of outperform

as in exceeding

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 outperforming All six seasons to date have aired on both broadcasters, with catch-up streaming also attracted high viewing figures and outperforming many other programs, according to France TV Distribution. — Ed Meza, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026 Recent polling suggests Brown is outperforming his fellow Democrat Acton, who is running for governor, by 2 percentage points. — Dorian Rhea Debussy, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026 Shares have jumped 238% year to date, vastly outperforming the overall market as widening use of artificial intelligence has spurred demand for the hardware solutions that power the emerging technology. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026 Together, Bayless and Smith drew an average audience that well exceeded ESPN2's typical viewership, often outperforming the main ESPN channel during the same time slot. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 This disparity highlights just how much the upper end of Broward’s housing market is outperforming the rest. — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026 Now a new bot called Instinct is outperforming the AI giants. — Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2026 Novartis said the drug did not meet its primary endpoint of outperforming placebo on improving video hand opening time, or vHOT, a measure of the hand’s ability to relax after squeezing. — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 8 Sep. 2026 Some of the districts outperforming the state included Glastonbury, Andover, Ansonia, Bloomfield, East Hartford, Danbury, Lisbon, Essex, Woodbridge, Weston, Farmington, and Simsbury. — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026

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Businesses remained the main source of research investment, with enterprise spending exceeding around $420 billion for the first time, accounting for more than 77% of the national total.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
He is also accused of exceeding his authority under Ohio law by failing to identify any statutory or constitutional source of legal authority for his order.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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That would see her in the role into January 2029, surpassing Sarah Sanders’s time of almost two years in the job.

— Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026
That’s easily the most for any calendar year since AAA started tracking in 2000, surpassing the prior record of 158 in 2022 during the Biden administration, much of which was attributed to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

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Republican Bo French, who previously chaired the Tarrant County GOP, faces Democrat Jon Rosenthal after defeating incumbent Jim Wright in a May Republican primary runoff for the state agency that regulates Texas’ oil and gas industry.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2026
There’s nothing more important than defeating his pathetic opponent, Mike Collins.

— NBC news, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026

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In 2014, a municipal utility created in the Contra Costa city of Hercules was sold to PG&E after about a decade in operation and losses topping $9 million.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
The strongest gusts are expect in the North Bay, with peak wind gusts topping 40 miles an hour, the weather service said.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

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