as in exceeded
to be greater, better, or stronger than
believes Secretariat would outmatch any other horse in racing history
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Recent Examples of outmatched
The Thunder was outmatched by a Memphis team that features multiple second- and third-year pros who have played (or will play) significant minutes.
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Latif Love,
Kansas City Star,
5 July 2026
Throughout their interview, Maher seemed outmatched, with Vance talking circles around him.
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Marlow Stern,
Variety,
27 June 2026
Now, though, summer in the south is so brutal that centuries of architectural trickery is being outmatched, and in the north, houses designed to retain heat during the winter have become furnaces in sweltering summers.
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Frank Andrews,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Australia got the win, even as it was outmatched in on-target shots by a 7-to-4 margin.
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Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
19 June 2026
Most importantly, Towns neutralized Spurs megastar Victor Wembanyama, who looked outmatched almost each time dealing with the Knicks star in the first half.
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Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2026
Although the British and French entered the war with more tanks and heavier designs than the Germans, they were outmatched in terms of speed and maneuverability.
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Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
20 May 2026
While China and the US are commonly cast as rivals on equal footing, Beijing remains fundamentally outmatched by Washington’s financial power, a leading Financial Times columnist argued.
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Tasneem Nashrulla,
semafor.com,
19 May 2026
Rotations were unbalanced, your size was outdone and your defense got outmatched.
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Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 May 2026
Latif Love,
Kansas City Star,
5 July 2026
Throughout their interview, Maher seemed outmatched, with Vance talking circles around him.
—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
27 June 2026
Now, though, summer in the south is so brutal that centuries of architectural trickery is being outmatched, and in the north, houses designed to retain heat during the winter have become furnaces in sweltering summers.
—
Frank Andrews,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Australia got the win, even as it was outmatched in on-target shots by a 7-to-4 margin.
—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
19 June 2026
Most importantly, Towns neutralized Spurs megastar Victor Wembanyama, who looked outmatched almost each time dealing with the Knicks star in the first half.
—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2026
Although the British and French entered the war with more tanks and heavier designs than the Germans, they were outmatched in terms of speed and maneuverability.
—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
20 May 2026
While China and the US are commonly cast as rivals on equal footing, Beijing remains fundamentally outmatched by Washington’s financial power, a leading Financial Times columnist argued.
—
Tasneem Nashrulla,
semafor.com,
19 May 2026
Rotations were unbalanced, your size was outdone and your defense got outmatched.
—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outmatched
Verb
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Between 2022 and 2024, public cash injections exceeded 10%of GDP, according to a study published last year by the Institute of Economics and Peace, an Australian think tank.
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If the cost of tokens has already exceeded the cost of the employees they were meant to replace, when does the comparison start running in the other direction?
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The search has now surpassed the first 72 hours –– the most critical window for finding survivors.
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But, in the decades that followed, other cities caught up and eventually surpassed New York; one of them was Ibiza, where clubs like Pacha showed vacationing Europeans how to rave all night.
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This year, the usual backyard cookouts and fireworks are being eclipsed by once-in-a-generation celebrations marking the nation’s 250th birthday.
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That power is not wholly spent, nor wholly eclipsed, by anti-democratic forces.
Verb
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Fans sang the 1971 anthem in unison after the USMNT topped Australia 2-0, perhaps becoming a new tradition for soccer fans.
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So do savings accounts, CDs and gold, the asset classes that topped the Gallup poll at times in the Great Recession era.
Verb
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And all game long, Canada outclassed South Africa, who at times appeared content to hold the ball and take the game to a penalty shootout (earning jeers from the Canada-heavy crowd).
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That showed in the second half when they were outclassed by a rampant England side.
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