outshining

verb

present participle of outshine
as in surpassing
to be greater, better, or stronger than the trumpeter outshines all of his fellow band members

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Recent Examples of outshining In a World Cup boasting a galaxy of stars, a lunch-bucket team of blue-collar everymen may wind up outshining them all. — Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 That's good news for stargazers, as the moon will still be visible without outshining the planets nearby. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 July 2026 Yet that is what Marco Palestra did, outshining Inter’s Federico Dimarco, who was officially Serie A’s MVP in 2025-26. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 27 June 2026 That's because the waning gibbous moon will appear in the sky at the same time, most likely outshining many of the fainter shooting stars. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 4 May 2026 The quiet ethic often called Minnesota Nice is outshining the intimidation meant to silence dissent. — Valeng Cha, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026 Google-parent Alphabet was the most magnificent of the Magnificent Seven; Colombia’s stock market was the surprise leader of the MSCI All Country World Index; silver surged over 141%, outshining its sibling gold, which itself had a phenomenal year. — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026 Sure, maybe country’s shutout in best new artist was due in part to overcrowding between Ella Langley, Zach Top and Megan Moroney, with no one of those country candidates obviously outshining the other two. — Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2025 Inconveniently for skywatchers, the full moon will also occur on November 5, with its brightness potentially outshining meteors. — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outshining
  1. surpassing
  2. exceeding
  3. eclipsing
  4. topping
Verb
  • The Timber Fire in California's Big Sur continued to grow Thursday, surpassing 4,000 acres as crews worked overnight to increase containment, helped by weather conditions.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • As the Timber Fire continued to grow Wednesday, surpassing 3,500 acres and with only 5% contained, many tourist attractions along the Big Sur coast remained under evacuation orders or were closed to the public.
    — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of surpassing
Verb
  • Denker said that 288,000 free tickets were requested through a lottery system — exceeding the 130,000 spectators whom organizers plan to host on each of the event's two days.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Paramount Skydance raised its full-year profit guidance, after exceeding Wall Street expectations for revenue and reported gains in its streaming unit.
    — Justina Lee, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of exceeding
Verb
  • Oscar Health Health insurer Oscar Health swung to a $361 million second quarter profit while eclipsing $1 billion in net income for the first six months of the year as health plan membership rose and medical costs eased.
    — Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • With all the attention expected to be placed on all 6 feet 5 and 350 pounds of Dexter Lawrence eclipsing the center, the uncertainty around what all these edges will be doing could produce a much higher percentage of one-on-one opportunities.
    — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of eclipsing
Verb
  • Though their days of topping the charts may be past them, Friday night proved that their classics will live forever.
    — Rashad Alexander August 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The company also reported a solid quarter after the bell, with adjusted earnings per share of 52 cents topping estimates of 45 cents, per LSEG, and $772 million in revenue beating estimates of $758 million.
    — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of topping

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