one-up
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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
Rhetorical listening means avoiding the urge to one-up the opponent or convert the unwashed masses.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2025
She always tries to one-up Madrina by shouting even louder.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
His wife, Amber, one-upped him, telling Marmol he should do it for the rest of the weekend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
Anthropic one-upped its rival the next month, fielding proposals from investors that would value it at as much as $900 billion, according to multiple reports.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Not wanting to be one-upped by my speed-reading girlfriend, I threw myself into it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2026
Musk went around the table, prodding the other members of the team as they one-upped one another with outrageous examples of their own.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2025
But of course, being the funny one, he one-upped me right away.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
“Who thought it was a good idea to publicly challenge an educator to a 25k "one-upping" contest? Really?”
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2025
With Amazon One, the company may be most concerned with one-upping its competitors, Apple and Google, which already collect retina and fingerprint data from millions of device users.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2024
The cast of eight perform with repurposed household objects and urban detritus, creating rhythm out of garbage cans, suitcases, radiator hoses and precision choreography, all while threading in humor through one-upping showdowns and zany mishaps.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
Drivers have stayed busy by one-upping each other with antics and practical jokes.
From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2022
Yet even in the face of grave danger, Marla holds steady, one-upping anyone who thinks they can intimidate or outwit her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2021
