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outmatch

[out-mach] / ˌaʊtˈmætʃ /


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Court reporters outmatch the technology in skill, but their profession faces another crisis: a shortage of workers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

"If you add up our economies, we outmatch Russia 25-to-one," he said.

From BBC Feb. 17, 2024

Cameron, speaking after talks with Colonna in Paris, said that if the economies of Ukraine’s Western partners are calculated together, “we outmatch the Russian economy by 25 to one or more.”

From Seattle Times Dec. 19, 2023

Ukraine can outmatch Russia “with the weapons it has been promised,” Mr. Mansoor said, “but not likely until late summer at the earliest.”

From New York Times Feb. 3, 2023

Once in possession of this information, American engineers were able to anticipate the Soviets' capabilities and to design planes and missiles that could outmaneuver and outmatch them.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

But the need far outmatches the number of new homes.

From Seattle Times Aug. 27, 2023

If you think of the rate of evolution, it just outmatches anything, including proprietary competitors that might have hundreds of millions of billions of dollars behind them.

From The Verge Mar. 15, 2022

Fullerton student Emiliano Perez played “VR Showdown” at Knott’s Berry Farm recently and said it outmatches the virtual soccer games he plays on his home Xbox system.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2017

“But the terrain they are in, that they can reach and ski, it outmatches their education.”

From Washington Times Oct. 15, 2016

If a modern domestic complication breaks out, the current gossip outmatches it by the entanglements in the Barrow family.

From David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story by Harney, George S.

Analysts have said Microsoft’s Xbox consoles and Game Pass subscription service are underperforming and being outmatched by competitors, including smaller, cheaper rivals like the Nex Playground active game system.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

Taiwan's coastguard is massively outmatched by China's fleet, the largest in the world.

From Barron's Nov. 11, 2025

A Cal Fire engine and a Los Angeles city firetruck rolled in, he said, but the crews were outmatched.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 3, 2025

A place where the better angels of our nature have been outmatched by the dark impulses of hatred and fear.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 2024

As Percy stood there, disarmed and outmatched, the plan formed in his head.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll said the system is “absolutely incredible,” outmatching comparable U.S. platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal May 23, 2026

As streaming services vie with Hollywood for credibility and prestige they've thrown huge amounts of money at directing talent - often far outmatching anything a legacy studio can offer - with success.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2024

For years, the jail system had rotated incarcerated people in and out of housing areas on a regular basis, seeking to prevent detainees from banding together and outmatching correction officers.

From New York Times Dec. 31, 2021

With a layup and free throw by Goran Dragic with 1 minute 15 seconds left before halftime, Phoenix led by 11 and appeared to be outmatching the Nets offensively.

From New York Times Jan. 12, 2013

‘Then come, and let your brother go with us, and some other of your folk who is most swift! For we have need of speed greater than any wind, outmatching the wings of the Nazgûl.’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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