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outperform

[out-per-fawrm] / ˌaʊt pərˈfɔrm /


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That contrasted with some other high-profile names, who Haas have continued to outperform this year.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Macquarie keeps an outperform rating on Life360’s Australia-listed stock and trims its target price by 3.1% to 30.10 Australian dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

So, even if you were inclined to treat midcaps as a distinct asset class, you’d still need to know whether they are about to outperform or underperform the smallest or largest stocks.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Effectively, Jaissle's remit will be to develop players and outperform clubs with bigger wage bills.

From BBC Aug. 5, 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

Kimi 3 boasts 2.8 trillion parameters and, according to industry experts, outperforms all other models with the exception of Anthropic’s Fable and OpenAI’s ChatGPT 5.6.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

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

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

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2026

High-yield debt outperforms other fixed-income products over the long run, averaging 8.78% gains in expansion.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 29, 2026

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

From Science Daily Apr. 17, 2026

Micron stock was rallying alongside other chip names on Wednesday but Korean standouts SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics outperformed following a report of a massive investment.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

During a volatile stretch from late June through late July, as concern about the sustainability of the AI rally intensified, healthcare outperformed semiconductors by more than 30 percentage points.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Despite the conditions, Painter informs us that Hodgkinson, perhaps motivated by that unexpected defeat, has outperformed all expectations.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

That said, over the past year, high-dividend stocks outperformed on a total return basis.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Sponsored by Kagen, the resolution recognized the accomplishments of the 13 women who outshined and outperformed their male counterparts—but were never allowed to fly into space.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

When I reported on the business of Starbucks last year, analysts pointed to a major shift happening in the drinks market: concept-forward drinks are outperforming other traditional mainstays in the landscape.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

"I hope our domestic planes continue to improve in terms of comfort and overall passenger experience -- even outperforming Boeing and Airbus," said the 40-year-old.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Value stocks are quietly outperforming growth this year, but the companies driving the surge look nothing like traditional value plays.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

In a strange way, AI starts to become the market itself, and outperforming the market means knowing when the AI is wrong.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

Whatever triggered Peeta's decision -and I suspect it had to do with my outperforming him in training -I should be nothing but grateful for it.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins




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