outbid
verb
out·bid
ˌau̇t-ˈbid 
outbid; outbidden
ˌau̇t-ˈbi-dᵊn
; outbidding
; outbidding
: to make a higher bid than : to offer more than
… when employers clamor to outbid each other for the services of an engineering elite …—
Randall E. Stross
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Posse was outbid at the auction by a woman who said her name was Kitty Lefkowitz.
—Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
So this is yet one more instance where the Jays were not outbid.
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
This $20 million increase will also make free agency that much crazier, considering teams now have the wiggle room to potentially outbid one another.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
But it was outbid by Nippon Steel, which struck a deal in December of that year.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 27 Jan. 2025
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Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
So this is yet one more instance where the Jays were not outbid.
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
This $20 million increase will also make free agency that much crazier, considering teams now have the wiggle room to potentially outbid one another.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
But it was outbid by Nippon Steel, which struck a deal in December of that year.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Outbid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outbid. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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