How to Use edge out in a Sentence

edge out

verb
  • Norway was edged out to fourth place.
    — ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The poorest kids, meanwhile, are getting edged out.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Stroem won gold on the normal hill, edging out Prevc.
    — ABC News, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Acuff was the fastest in the open-court sprint, slightly edging out Flemings.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 9 June 2026
  • In other words, tablespoon for tablespoon, hemp hearts can edge out an egg in total protein.
    — Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 1 July 2026
  • Michigan, at 87 cents, edged out Illinois for the second-highest spot.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
  • That even includes edging out the crowd and critic-pleasing Project Hail Mary.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • In fact, job security has now edged out career growth as more important to the degree-holders.
    — Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
  • Human scientists might get edged out of AI research, but slowly.
    — Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
  • Gane will likely play the role of the point fighter, looking to edge out Pereira in volume, evade, and use his speed to stay out of trouble.
    — Brett Appley, New York Times, 14 June 2026
  • And in presentation, Jacobs narrowly edged out Bradley with nine points to her eight.
    — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Last night, the league announced that Flagg had won, barely edging out Knueppel by 26 voting points.
    — Tim Rohan, NBC news, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The consensus seems to be that the market is edging out of a challenging period of correction.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 16 June 2026
  • But an Athletic report suggests Cuban had been edged out of the team’s decision-making by then.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Kailin Chio had two of them to help LSU edge out Georgia in the final rotation.
    — CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Missouri and North Carolina followed by redrawing their maps to edge out Democrats in one seat apiece.
    — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Arruda and the Rams edged out nine-inning thrillers in each of the first two rounds and battled all the way through a highly competitive finish once again.
    — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 8 June 2026
  • The Ducks have established a pipeline to the Motor City and edged out the Wolverines for a major prospect.
    — Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 19 June 2026
  • Klein doesn't expect Intel to edge out TSMC in advanced packaging.
    — Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Orlando’s bench just edged out Minnesota’s 62-60.
    — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Bass launched her first salvo over the weekend, as the tally of mail-in votes made clear that Raman would edge out Spencer Pratt to challenge her in the fall election.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
  • Ajmera edged out the mayor with the highest favorability, 35% to 34%.
    — Charlotte Observer, 12 May 2026
  • The subsequent response was impressive, winning eight of the next nine league matches before being edged out of a Champions League spot at the last.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Missouri and North Carolina also redrew their maps to edge out one Democratic lawmaker apiece.
    — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Although Orkin doesn’t cover quite the same breadth of pests as Terminix, the outstanding customer service and technician expertise edge out the field.
    — Nick Perry, USA Today, 14 June 2026
  • The survey finds that 29% of Americans call the economy their top issue, edging out the 24% who choose threats to democracy.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Hilton narrowly edged out Democrat Tom Steyer in a crowded and turbulent primary.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026
  • Currently, only about four per cent of Los Angeles residents regularly use public transit—just edging out the two and a half per cent who walk.
    — Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
  • The only woman in the final three, the Oregonian edged out Marvin Cortes and Cory Hindorff.
    — James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Feb. 2026
  • But because these runs are judged, and time counts for only 20% of the score, with jumps and precision through the moguls counting for the rest, Lamley edged out the Canadian for third.
    — ABC News, 14 Feb. 2026

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