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outshine

[out-shahyn] / ˌaʊtˈʃaɪn /


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If a wedding invitation omits the dress code, one golden rule remains: Don’t outshine the bride.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

For Brook to outshine both Marsh and Rickelton, when the pair were so ruthlessly dominating Spirit's bowlers, indicates just how special his knock was.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

In the new normal, black gold may outshine the original.

From Barron's Apr. 6, 2026

It felt as if the smaller Anthropic was on the ascent, threatening to outshine OpenAI.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 7, 2026

You’re a high achiever who fulfills my narcissistic need to outshine the other mothers on the block.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

No activity outshines the sheer joy of the people-watching.

From Slate May 8, 2026

The Paris he gives us might as well be cradled in a snow globe, it’s so schematically perfect; similarly, Ms. Kelly’s smile, which outshines the City of Light.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 19, 2025

Unlike the Milky Way, J0107a is enormous, and actually outshines all other early-Universe monster galaxies: it produces stars at a rate 300 times that of our Milky Way!

From Space Scoop Jun. 5, 2025

“In the biggest moments when there’s the biggest haters and doubters this man just, I don’t know, just outshines and takes command.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2025

All the fairies gleamed brilliantly, outshining the flowers of the garden like the sun outshines the moon.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Over the course of 2025, demand for second-home mortgages rose 4.1% from the previous year, a jump that outshined a 1% increase in primary-home mortgages.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

Across the league, a new wave of quarterbacks outshined the old guard and wound up piloting the best teams in the sport.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 5, 2026

Silver’s surge has even outshined gold, which is also near record highs after rising 70% this year.

From Barron's Dec. 29, 2025

Not to be outshined, Clancy's wavy potato chips are also getting the dill pickle treatment, but with the addition of creamy ranch to balance the cukes' signature tang.

From Salon Jan. 28, 2023

Perhaps he should do his best in their final trial, and if his best outshined Citra’s, he would accept the scythe ring.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

But the must-see band, currently on fire, were simply outshone.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

Dell Technologies shares have outshone many of the artificial-intelligence buildout’s most talked-about stocks so far this year, and they are heading even higher on Thursday.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

The team whose home results outshone their away ones to the greatest extent was Fulham, and fair play to them, Craven Cottage is the most homely sounding ground in the country.

From BBC May 26, 2026

But one skill of his outshone all the others: He could fire from anywhere.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

I was outshone as usual by her heroism.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

"But what is special about MoM-BH*-1 is, the black hole star is essentially completely outshining its surrounding host galaxy, such that we're seeing pure black hole star light."

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

ARLINGTON, Texas — In a World Cup boasting a galaxy of stars, a lunch-bucket team of blue-collar everymen may wind up outshining them all.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Americans are rediscovering hybrid vehicles, which have turned into a bright spot for the U.S. car market — far outshining electric-only vehicles.

From MarketWatch Jul. 5, 2026

What may be a worry bigger than SpaceX is OpenAI and Anthropic outshining each other.

From Barron's Jun. 9, 2026

All the fairies gleamed brilliantly, outshining the flowers of the garden like the sun outshines the moon.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull




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