outshone

verb

variants or outshined
Definition of outshonenext
past tense of outshine
as in surpassed
to be greater, better, or stronger than the trumpeter outshines all of his fellow band members

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outshone
  1. surpassed
  2. excelled
  3. exceeded
  4. beat
  5. eclipsed
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  • In areas like India and Central Africa, the Android technique actually far surpassed the accuracy of monitoring stations alone.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Meanwhile, 75% of the companies have surpassed analysts’ estimates.
    Brian Evans,Nick Wells, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of surpassed
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  • Every product was determined to have excelled in each category by our editorial team, which is composed of in-house writers and editors as well as contributors — along with special consideration from dermatologists.
    Sarah Madaus, Allure, 4 Oct. 2024
  • According to a profile in the New York Times, Usha excelled at Yale, serving in a top position of the Yale Law Journal.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of excelled
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  • This development in durability, accuracy, and power of sniper rifles around 2010 surpassed anything used even ten years prior and far exceeded those of World War II sniper rifles.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Although the construction sector added 25,000 jobs last month (a pace that exceeded pre-pandemic averages), the manufacturing sector, which employs close to 13 million people, downshifted very slightly and logged a loss of 7,000 jobs.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of exceeded
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  • Hunter Coleman, Menlo School water polo: Coleman, a freshman, scored six goals, stole five passes and drew three exclusions as Menlo beat Santa Cruz 16-6 in the CCS quarterfinals.
    Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
  • The Smash’s men beat the Nitro’s men in three sets, and the women’s match between those two teams was set to begin at press time.
    Aaron Heisen, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of beat
Verb
  • Helene is only eclipsed – so far – by Katrina (2005, deaths 1,392), Audrey (1957, deaths 416), Camille (1969, deaths 256) and Sandy (2012, deaths 219).
    Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
  • There are some things that work wonderfully about Folie à Deux’s take on Harley and Joker as a couple, like its many allusions to the way that her star has often eclipsed his in the grand scheme of DC Comics IP.
    Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of eclipsed
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