outperform

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With the stock’s gain on Monday, it has edged up 0.7% this year to outperform the software sector, which has been hurt by worries about AI displacement, by a wide margin.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

Hispanics—overwhelmingly the object of zealous immigration enforcement—consistently outperform all other groups in labor-force participation rates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The company says it found the tool can outperform humans at some hacking and cyber-security tasks, which has prompted discussions by regulators, legislators and financial institutions about the dangers it could pose to digital services.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

The pair took aim at two art truisms: that works bought for high prices and owned for longer periods outperform.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

Desaguliers and a friend later built models of both the Savery and the Newcomen engines: despite his extraordinary expertise, Desaguliers was plainly taken aback to see the Savery engine outperform the Newcomen engine.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton