Thesaurus results for OUTPERFORMED

outperformed

verb

past tense of outperform

as in surpassed

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 outperformed In that stretch, the stock has significantly outperformed the XRT’s 28% return. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 2 July 2026 As of Thursday, Sánchez and her fellow Democratic candidates had collectively outperformed Clemmons by a wide margin. — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026 David Zwirner told ARTnews the gallery had made a total of 57 sales by late afternoon, including preview sales, which also outperformed its previous year at the fair. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 16 June 2026 Pritchard, a longtime teacher and deputy to county supervisors, received significant support in the district’s rural areas and narrowly outperformed Vega in Woodland precincts, county data show. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026 Burnham outperformed expectations, however, giving Labour strategists hope that the party can reconnect with voters before the next national elections, which could change the makeup of the House of Commons and give another party a chance to take the reins. — Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 22 June 2026 The Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio has consistently outperformed its market benchmark since inception, delivering cumulative returns of over 105%. — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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The company, expected to report results later this month, had in April forecast quarterly Azure sales above Wall Street estimates, but also issued ‌a $190 billion ⁠spending projection for 2026 that massively surpassed expectations.

— Reuters, NBC news, 6 July 2026
The company, expected to report results later this month, had in April forecast quarterly Azure sales above Wall Street estimates, but also issued a $190 billion spending projection for 2026 that massively surpassed expectations.

— Aditya Soni, USA Today, 6 July 2026

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Between 2022 and 2024, public cash injections exceeded 10%of GDP, according to a study published last year by the Institute of Economics and Peace, an Australian think tank.

— Tristan Bove, Fortune, 2 July 2026
If the cost of tokens has already exceeded the cost of the employees they were meant to replace, when does the comparison start running in the other direction?

— Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

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