outperform

Example Sentences

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Larger teams outperform small ones up to about five members, Uzzi says, but after that, you tend to get diminishing returns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

"It's a sign that quantum batteries could one day outperform conventional energy-storage technologies."

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

Although the S&P 500 managed to outperform many international rivals in March, it still registered its worst monthly showing in a year.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

He raised his rating on Disney’s stock to outperform from market perform and has set a new target price at $115 a share, or about 20% above where the stock has been trading lately.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Or that the upper triple-A-rated floor of some subprime mortgage bond would outperform the lower, triple-B-rated, floor.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis