one-up
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If it doesn’t try to one-up Fox, Netflix could explore other acquisitions.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
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
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
“Now You See Me: Now You Don’t” star Jesse Eisenberg may soon one-up the film franchise’s Robin Hood-esque Four Horsemen in the giving-back department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
“Not to one-up you or anything, but my body is made out of cancer.”
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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
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
Xhaka's superb 25-yard shot on the hour put Alonso's side in firm control, before Wirtz one-upped the former Arsenal midfielder with his own long-range effort.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2024
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
There’s the tiniest glint of guilt in his eyes as his protégé replaces him, one-upping him with a shamelessness that we still haven’t seen the depths of.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2024
“People were one-upping each other on the ‘perfect’ scale,” Mr. Cho said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
Drivers have stayed busy by one-upping each other with antics and practical jokes.
From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2022
