outfought

past tense of outfight

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for outfought
Verb
  • Perennial champ Joey Chestnut far outdistanced the field with 66 dogs officially consumed.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 4 July 2026
  • The Lancers outdistanced runner-up Classical Academy (367) and Los Alamitos (372), both of which also qualified for state.
    — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Test Score also rallied from behind but had a little smoother journey under Juan Hernandez and outdid the other closers.
    — Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Only the 27 productions running during the week ending August 16, only Hamilton‘s box office outdid Ragtime, with the former taking in $2,123,135.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Apple's market value briefly surpassed Nvidia in July, before falling back below.
    — Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Although prices reached record highs for 2026, the statewide average for regular gasoline has not yet surpassed that all-time record.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But, being the second spin-off from a show in the fourth phase in Marvel’s increasingly complex universe of characters (many of whom were vanquished at the end of phase three), there’s a hefty backstory to contend with.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Bad guys vanquished… or at the very least, viable scapegoats neutralized.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Mensah, meanwhile, eclipsed 300 passing yards and three touchdowns for the fourth time in seven games with Miami.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The money raised by the candidates is eclipsed by the funds raised by outside committees working on each candidate’s behalf, which aren’t bound by contribution limits.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Independent Payment Advisory Board, which was supposed to force automatic Medicare cuts if spending exceeded target growth rates, was repealed in 2018 without ever becoming operational.
    — Dana P. Goldman, STAT, 22 Oct. 2026
  • For instance, the agency allowed some states to ban enrollees from using food stamps to buy soda and candy, although a federal judge earlier this year ruled that the Agriculture Department exceeded its authority in implementing the rules.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The other two laptops again outstripped the RTX Spark model, thanks largely to their higher TDP thresholds.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Since Western Australia’s Argyle Mine closed in 2020, the demand for pink diamonds has outstripped a rapidly dwindling supply.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In the meantime, however, humankind was not there to be bettered.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Yet again, nobody on the field bettered the Bosnian’s 13 defensive contributions, the majority of which came down to his nine clearances.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
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“Outfought.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outfought. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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