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outperform

[out-per-fawrm] / ˌaʊt pərˈfɔrm /


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New Zealanders have regularly seen their larger neighbours, Australia, outperform them at major tournaments.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

JPMorgan says it has designed an artificial-intelligent agent to evaluate markets and economic data and use it to outperform the standard 60/40 investing model, with less risk to boot.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

He points to IPPR's recent analysis of 22 high-income countries which found no evidence insurance-based systems like the Netherlands' outperform tax-funded models on measures such as access or quality.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Macquarie maintains an outperform recommendation on the stock and cuts its target price by 17% to A$16.00.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Desaguliers and a friend later built models of both the Savery and the Newcomen engines: despite his extraordinary expertise, Desaguliers was plainly taken aback to see the Savery engine outperform the Newcomen engine.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

In terms of attacking metrics for their clubs this season, Mbappe outperforms Haaland in shots, touches and chances created, although the City striker recorded more assists in 2025-26.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

The American College of Sports Medicine’s position is that exercising after meals and in the afternoon outperforms fasting and morning exercise sessions for glycemic control.

From MarketWatch Jun. 21, 2026

Geiser said that the high school GPA outperforms the SAT in predicting first-year student success once income and race are controlled.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

The hybrid approach outperforms leading models that rely only on conventional computers.

From Science Daily Apr. 17, 2026

He says that while BHP tends to underperform in bull markets, it typically significantly outperforms in bear markets and throughout commodity cycles.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 19, 2026

Their all-rounders were also outperformed by their Indian counterparts.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

In the program’s second year, its students outperformed nearly 60% of students nationwide in math and English on standardized assessments.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

As mentioned here before, data from Dartmouth finance professor Ken French shows that going all the way back to 1926, energy stocks have actually outperformed — if slightly — the broader U.S. stock-market index.

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

According to the researchers, the material outperformed commercially available hemostatic agents, achieving an adhesive strength greater than '40kPa,' which is strong enough to withstand firm hand pressure.

From Science Daily Jul. 2, 2026

Hermione’s expression could not have been any smugger; she had loathed being outperformed in every Potions class.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

At World Cups, Messi has scored 17 non-penalty goals from chances worth approximately 13.1 expected goals, outperforming expectation by almost four goals.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

His xG is just 3.4, which shows that he too is outperforming expectation.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Older workers are fighting ageism by starting their own businesses — and they’re outperforming younger entrepreneurs.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

Despite outperforming rivals in winning new business and organic revenue growth, Publicis stock is down about 2% over the past year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

“She’s just never got over you outperforming her in Potions,” said Ron, returning to his copy of One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling




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