Thesaurus results for OUTPERFORMS

outperforms

verb

present tense third-person singular of outperform

as in surpasses

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 outperforms Dozens of shoppers say Milani Conceal + Perfect 2-in-1 Foundation outperforms products five times as expensive. — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 28 July 2026 The new model outperforms Fable 5 on tasks like knowledge work, novel problem solving, and agentic search. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 25 July 2026 The Brewers used the momentum from a playoff appearance with Sabathia to help create a consistently competitive organization that constantly outperforms expectations. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 16 July 2026 Just as Karatsuba’s algorithm only outperforms the grade-school approach when numbers get reasonably large, the Harvey-van der Hoeven algorithm doesn’t pull ahead until the numbers become truly galactic. — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 13 July 2026 When one company's AI consistently outperforms another's, that usually traces back to better proprietary data. — Anil Chintapalli, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 As the flagship desk speaker in Sonos’ lineup, the Sonos Five provides superb sound quality that outperforms any other smart speaker in its price range. — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 24 June 2026 Its total incident rate — a metric that measures the frequency of workplace injuries and illnesses — outperforms the industry average by 14%, the company said. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026 Scientists have now copied the reptile's swimming motion in an experimental Mars rover that outperforms others in sandy soil. — New Atlas, 22 June 2026

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This level of opposition even surpasses the 53% who oppose building nuclear power plants in their local areas.

— , CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
As Nancy Guthrie's status as a missing person surpasses the six-month mark, many are wondering what the future of the investigation will look like.

— Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2026

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