outmatch
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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
No gull could long outmatch that heavy speed.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Last year, I described her as a member of “pop’s middle class”: a group of internet-beloved artists creating music that makes winking reference to pop history, whose celebrity vastly outmatches their commercial success.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2024
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
Gratifying indeed is the triumph when, after many efforts, and as many disappointments, one at length outmatches them, and secures a heavy bag by a single right-and-left.
From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Walter J. Buck
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
Many fans seemingly forgot that she was still a rookie, and that she played for a team so outmatched it had just earned the No. 1 draft pick during consecutive seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2024
To cope with a hyena seemed remotely possible, but I was so obviously outmatched by Richard Parker that it wasn’t even worth worrying about.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
The Flamingo can fly for over 1,800 miles and carry a warhead of over 2,500 lbs, outmatching the Scalp in range and payload.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
‘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
