outperform
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Some say they aren’t trying to outperform anything, but just to provide “uncorrelated” returns.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Macquarie keeps an outperform rating on the stock and a target price of 3.24 Australian dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
RBC has an outperform rating on the stock and a 660 pence price target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Initiating coverage of the stock with an outperform rating, Stadnik includes exposure to commodity prices among the factors drawing him to the financial services provider.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
“I was always trying to out-think, outperform, even out-dress my competitors. It was wearing me down.”
From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake
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"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
The Beijing-based startup claims that the model outperforms some cutting-edge U.S. systems, stoking what some analysts called “DeepSeek 2.0 concerns”—a nod to the rival Chinese AI startup that upended global markets early last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 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 said that the high school GPA outperforms the SAT in predicting first-year student success once income and race are controlled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
As you can see, buying and holding over the past five- and 10-year periods has far outperformed three different ways of exploiting the historical tendency for market weakness between May Day and Halloween.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
He was comprehensively outperformed by Russell in 2025.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
The researchers calculated that, during unified governments since 1871, the U.S. stock market has outperformed its return during divided governments by 7.05 annualized percentage points.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Shocking to say, but Berkshire Hathaway’s stock has actually not outperformed the S&P 500 in about 30 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Sponsored by Kagen, the resolution recognized the accomplishments of the 13 women who outshined and outperformed their male counterparts—but were never allowed to fly into space.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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Upsets also tend to linger longer in the memory because they fit a familiar story: well-run clubs outperforming opponents with significantly greater resources.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
It’s outperforming huge companies like Nvidia and Google on some metrics, while besting gold and the world’s dominant currencies on others.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
Despite outperforming other fast food chains and posting impressive same-store sales, the Mexican-inspired chain Taco Bell has taken a hit after being linked to Cyclospora.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
And so far, they are outperforming most of the accounts he runs himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
“She’s just never got over you outperforming her in Potions,” said Ron, returning to his copy of One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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