outshine
Example Sentences
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Mr. Page and Ms. Faridany outshine most of their younger peers onstage in their fluent and lucid treatment of Shakespeare’s verse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Steakhouse sides, for instance, routinely outshine the steak itself.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026
This overwhelming brightness allows quasars to outshine their host galaxies and makes them visible to telescopes across vast cosmic distances.
From Science Daily • Dec. 27, 2025
The study found that Grokipedia articles often "contain exactly identical copies of text" from Wikipedia, a site it has intended to outshine.
From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025
"But don't forget what the Governor can do. He makes all the light in our city! We could never outshine him in a hundred years!"
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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