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outmatch

[out-mach] / ˌaʊtˈmætʃ /


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Court reporters outmatch the technology in skill, but their profession faces another crisis: a shortage of workers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

"If you add up our economies, we outmatch Russia 25-to-one," he said.

From BBC Feb. 17, 2024

Cameron, speaking after talks with Colonna in Paris, said that if the economies of Ukraine’s Western partners are calculated together, “we outmatch the Russian economy by 25 to one or more.”

From Seattle Times Dec. 19, 2023

By now parents are familiar with the worrisome finding that the thrill-seeking centers of the adolescent brain can readily outmatch the teenage brain’s emerging rational control systems.

From New York Times Mar. 8, 2017

No gull could long outmatch that heavy speed.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

But the need far outmatches the number of new homes.

From Seattle Times Aug. 27, 2023

If you think of the rate of evolution, it just outmatches anything, including proprietary competitors that might have hundreds of millions of billions of dollars behind them.

From The Verge Mar. 15, 2022

Fullerton student Emiliano Perez played “VR Showdown” at Knott’s Berry Farm recently and said it outmatches the virtual soccer games he plays on his home Xbox system.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2017

“But the terrain they are in, that they can reach and ski, it outmatches their education.”

From Washington Times Oct. 15, 2016

"But, Prince," he said gravely, "you speak lightly enough of the possibilities of war, but surely you must know that the English fleet in the Channel and at Gibraltar altogether outmatches the Baltic Fleet?"

From A Maker of History by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

Analysts have said Microsoft’s Xbox consoles and Game Pass subscription service are underperforming and being outmatched by competitors, including smaller, cheaper rivals like the Nex Playground active game system.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

Taiwan's coastguard is massively outmatched by China's fleet, the largest in the world.

From Barron's Nov. 11, 2025

Pilots wallop another outmatched opponent while waiting to be tested.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2025

The Chain team seemed outmatched at its signature event.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 8, 2024

As Percy stood there, disarmed and outmatched, the plan formed in his head.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll said the system is “absolutely incredible,” outmatching comparable U.S. platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal May 23, 2026

As streaming services vie with Hollywood for credibility and prestige they've thrown huge amounts of money at directing talent - often far outmatching anything a legacy studio can offer - with success.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2024

For years, the jail system had rotated incarcerated people in and out of housing areas on a regular basis, seeking to prevent detainees from banding together and outmatching correction officers.

From New York Times Dec. 31, 2021

With a layup and free throw by Goran Dragic with 1 minute 15 seconds left before halftime, Phoenix led by 11 and appeared to be outmatching the Nets offensively.

From New York Times Jan. 12, 2013

‘Then come, and let your brother go with us, and some other of your folk who is most swift! For we have need of speed greater than any wind, outmatching the wings of the Nazgûl.’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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