one-upping
Example Sentences
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“Who thought it was a good idea to publicly challenge an educator to a 25k "one-upping" contest? Really?”
From Salon • Feb. 8, 2025
With Amazon One, the company may be most concerned with one-upping its competitors, Apple and Google, which already collect retina and fingerprint data from millions of device users.
From Slate • Jun. 17, 2024
There’s the tiniest glint of guilt in his eyes as his protégé replaces him, one-upping him with a shamelessness that we still haven’t seen the depths of.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2024
While Watkins leans into scorn for the insufferable urbanites one-upping one another, he seems to treasure the more introspective figures of Morkan and Ames.
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022
Drivers have stayed busy by one-upping each other with antics and practical jokes.
From Seattle Times • May 26, 2022
