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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

By now parents are familiar with the worrisome finding that the thrill-seeking centers of the adolescent brain can readily outmatch the teenage brain’s emerging rational control systems.

From New York Times Mar. 8, 2017

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

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

"But, Prince," he said gravely, "you speak lightly enough of the possibilities of war, but surely you must know that the English fleet in the Channel and at Gibraltar altogether outmatches the Baltic Fleet?"

From A Maker of History by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

Sally Field, “Remarkably Bright Creatures” “You feel sorry for Oscar Isaac’s character in ‘Beef’ because he’s so clearly outmatched by his partner, played by Carey Mulligan.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

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

This bullpen has been overworked and outmatched and simply outplayed all season, and when the Dodger front office had a chance to fix it at the trade deadline, they did virtually nothing.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2025

Compounding my anxiety was the one deep longing that far outmatched any material wish: I knew I wanted to have children, sooner rather than later.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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




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