beaten

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Since the bottom of that brief selloff through Tuesday, the S&P 500 High Beta Index has beaten a group of low-volatility stocks by a whopping 123 percentage points.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

GameStop is looking to buy back some of its stock, which has been beaten down in the wake of a controversial bid for eBay.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Makers of the high-bandwidth memory needed for AI data centers have beaten Nvidia hands-down this year, with Micron Technology tripling as, again, chip prices rocketed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

With less than 20 S&P 500 companies left to report first-quarter results, nearly 90% have beaten earnings-per-share estimates, while just over 80% have surpassed sales expectations.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Side by side, we hiked through the overgrown meadow off the beaten path.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall