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edges out

VERB
defeat narrowly
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She implies the kind of complex personhood that all women have, in a way that slightly edges out Streep’s reliability.

From Salon ● May 10, 2026

The movie edges out the previous record holder, “Inside Out 2.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2026

Some conservative backlash seems to come from the idea that Kirk’s page should double as an online memorial, smoothing away his edges out of respect for the ghastly way he died.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2025

The chick then grows bigger and edges out the others from the nest.

From BBC ● May 7, 2024

I pipes off her motions for awhile real hopeful, and then I edges out where I could look the other way.

From Side-stepping with Shorty by Sewell Ford


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