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China, with a large and growing supply of scientists and engineers, has outdone all of these countries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

She also included a BBC News Instagram post quoting the Daily Telegraph's Ed Power, who wrote: "Ryan Murphy is the high priest of tacky tasteless television, and this year he has outdone himself."

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

Founded just 28 years ago in southern China, BYD has outdone rivals in electric vehicles by employing a high level of vertical integration, developing and manufacturing batteries and other key components on its own.

From Reuters • May 17, 2023

But the casting department has outdone itself, with an ensemble that includes Tiffany Haddish as the lead investigator, alongside Zoë Chao, John Early, Dave Franco, Ilana Glazer and Sam Richardson.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2022

Perhaps, he thinks, he has outdone even himself.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern