outshine

Example Sentences

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In the new normal, black gold may outshine the original.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

It felt as if the smaller Anthropic was on the ascent, threatening to outshine OpenAI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

This overwhelming brightness allows quasars to outshine their host galaxies and makes them visible to telescopes across vast cosmic distances.

From Science Daily • Dec. 27, 2025

But it doesn’t take much for Clooney to outshine his bevy of co-stars, which also includes Gerwig, Billy Crudup, Riley Keough, Patrick Wilson, Alba Rohrwacher, Louis Partridge and many more.

From Salon • Oct. 2, 2025

For as far as I can see, the ocean lights up, like it’s trying to outshine the starry night above.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston