Thesaurus results for OUTPERFORMING

outperforming

verb

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 Trump’s sagging approval rating comes as Democrats have a chance at outperforming Republicans in midterms, with an Emerson poll taken in late April showing Democrats with a 10-point advantage on the generic congressional ballot, though 10% of voters are undecided. —

Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 Shares have risen 66% over the past 12 months, outperforming the overall market as AI has continued to dominate as an investment theme. —

Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 18 May 2026 The material turned out to work very well for tubes, outperforming traditional rubber and latex options. —

Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 8 May 2026 Licata said that students at INA will be assimilated into other Fort Worth schools, and that other immigrants and early English language learners who are at other schools in the district are outperforming students at INA because they are exposed to more opportunities. —

Samuel O’Neal 7, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026 Google DeepMind has a long history of using games as a proving ground for machine learning models, from enabling breakthroughs in complex board games like Go to outperforming humans in Atari VCS games and StarCraft, for example. —

Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 6 May 2026 Through the opening round and the handful of second-round games that have been played, the goalies in the Eastern Conference are drastically outperforming their Western Conference counterparts, and by a wide margin. —

Jesse Granger, New York Times, 6 May 2026 The Minnesota congresswoman was re-elected to her fourth term by a double-digit margin last November, scoring her biggest victory yet and outperforming Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket. —

Charlotte Alter, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025 This is one of the many recently outperforming sectors that sold off overnight, including AI, robotics, and consumer plays. —

Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025

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Verb

As the SpaceX deal surfaced, Cursor was also reported to be in negotiations to bring in a new $2 billion funding round at a valuation exceeding $50 billion.

— Rebecca Fannin, CNBC, 19 May 2026
Tarmac delays exceeding four hours on international flights increased to 77, up from 64 in 2024.

— Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 19 May 2026