outperform

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A number of industry names have recently found their footing, pun intended, at key moving averages, and are starting to outperform the broader market on a relative-strength basis.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Both tools are designed to find hidden security weaknesses in digital systems and can outperform humans at some hacking and cyber-security tasks.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

As the market corrects its math, the quality names should outperform.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

But even though the Dow has lagged the S&P 500 for a while in the current environment, it “surprisingly” still tracks that index “pretty well,” and can even outperform over certain stretches, he said.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Desaguliers and a friend later built models of both the Savery and the Newcomen engines: despite his extraordinary expertise, Desaguliers was plainly taken aback to see the Savery engine outperform the Newcomen engine.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton