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outperform

[aut-per-fawrm] / ˌaʊt pərˈfɔrm /


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“International allocation might lag as U.S. equities outperform, particularly when it is a tech-driven rally,” he said during an interview with MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Amid the wreckage this week it is important to note that one area that did outperform was the cloud, aka AI’s main delivery vehicle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Although Spain continues to outperform larger EU peers such as France and Germany, "the clearest threat to growth comes from rising prices", said Pedro Aznar, a professor at the Esade business school.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

High-tech manufacturing continued to outperform the broader industrial sector, with profits rising 52.0% in the first nine months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 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

Even worse is a 2025 Harvard study, “AI tutoring outperforms in-class active learning.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

"We compared phase space distance with the sphericity variable and our conclusion is that phase space distance outperforms sphericity," Zhang said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

In terms of attacking metrics for their clubs this season, Mbappe outperforms Haaland in shots, touches and chances created, although the City striker recorded more assists in 2025-26.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

The American College of Sports Medicine’s position is that exercising after meals and in the afternoon outperforms fasting and morning exercise sessions for glycemic control.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 21, 2026

Geiser argued that the high school GPA outperforms the SAT in predicting first-year student success once income and race are controlled.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

TotalEnergies said it benefited from a high-price environment characterized by historically high refining-margin levels and a favorable natural-gas market, and that its trading operations outperformed at levels comparable with the prior two quarters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

In 2026, value stocks have outperformed growth stocks in the broad market.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Scott Boatwright, the Mexican fast-casual chain’s CEO, said on its third-quarter earnings call on Wednesday that over that period, lower-income customers outperformed higher-income ones for the first time this year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Treasury yields turned higher in European trade on Monday, tracking rises in most eurozone peers, while French government bonds outperformed after Moody’s Ratings left its credit rating on France unchanged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Hermione’s expression could not have been any smugger; she had loathed being outperformed in every Potions class.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

The RatingDog PMIs compiled by S&P Global, which survey more export-oriented businesses, are likely to keep outperforming official counterparts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

So far this month, the equal-weighted version of the S&P 500 is outperforming by 4.1 percentage points, according to preliminary numbers from Dow Jones Market Data.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Since the company’s public debut, its share price has risen more than 1,700%, outperforming the S&P 500.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

When I reported on the business of Starbucks last year, analysts pointed to a major shift happening in the drinks market: concept-forward beverages are outperforming other traditional mainstays in the landscape.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

Whatever triggered Peeta's decision -and I suspect it had to do with my outperforming him in training -I should be nothing but grateful for it.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins


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