one-up

Example Sentences

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Ever since the launch of ChatGPT, top artificial-intelligence labs have been embroiled in a cutthroat competition to one-up each other with powerful new features.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

Paramount tried to one-up the video streamer by making a hostile tender offer for all of Warner Discovery.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

That reality is going to one-up Griff and Doug’s efforts to make a simple schlock movie seems foreordained, yielding the signature line, “We came here to make ‘Anaconda’ and now we’re in it!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

“It’s kind of like, ‘I’m gonna one-up you, and make it even better.’

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025

Lily smirked at me, but I could tell she was proud of our mother for subtly brushing off Mrs. Mansfield's attempt to one-up her.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English