as in to outdistance
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Sands’ 58 carries easily outdistance runnerup June Henley on KU’s all-time charts.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025 -
McGruder and Whiteside tallied the largest amount of votes in the 2024 Democratic primary in House District 35, outdistancing Demetris Johnson Jr. of Earle.—
Michael R. Wickline,
Arkansas Online,
26 June 2025
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This Norwegian thriller outdoes most American disaster movies with its suspense and spectacle.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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Not to be outdone, M&M’s started dropping a bounty of new flavors, including the popular blue-bagged crunchy Pretzel M&Ms.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Sep. 2025
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Postecoglou, the former Tottenham Hotspur and Celtic manager, saw his side bettered by an Arsenal team that will surely be among the Premier League title contenders, thanks to two goals from Martin Zubimendi and another from Viktor Gyokeres.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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The new Siri will be able to better fulfill queries by tapping into the open web, on-screen content and a user’s data.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
9 Sep. 2025
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They are generally presented without flaws and overpowered.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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At one point, defense lawyers say, Alcala was able to temporarily overpower one of his assailants before he was fatally shot.—
Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
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There have been 74 pitchers who have started at least 440 ball games since 1920, and Kershaw is the only one who hasn’t surpassed triple-digit losses according to Baseball-Reference.—
Wayne G. McDonnell,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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This year’s competition is the third straight without any of the Big Three of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, but the three-day event will surpass its previous record revenue set in 2022, according to Laver Cup CEO Steve Zacks.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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Its propaganda revels in its desire to subjugate small European countries—and celebrates the idea America could soon join it to carve up the continent.—
Peter Pomerantsev,
Time,
14 Aug. 2025
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All expanded the Russian empire -- and subjugated the people and areas that now form Ukraine.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
13 Aug. 2025
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Mirai outshines new Hindi releases Karthik Gattamneni’s Mirai scored significantly better than all the Hindi films currently in theatres - including two fresh releases that released with the Telugu film.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Venus outshines the star by a factor of 120 to 1, and yet their proximity for several mornings intensifies the contrasting yellow-white of the planet and bluish white of the star.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Comedy Series Freshman comedy Apple TV+’s The Studio had a record 23 nominations, far outstripping last year’s much-deserving upset winner Hacks, which has 14 noms this year.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Although it’s found being generated in many places, from outflows in Herbig-Haro objects to planetary nebulae, one origin story for dust outstrips all others.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Outfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outfight. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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