outshine
verb (used with object)
to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
has outshone
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present perfectof outshine (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The eurozone's fourth-largest economy has outshone its peers since 2021, supported by low energy costs, domestic consumption and a tourism boom since the end of the Covid pandemic.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
But gold has outshone them all; it is outperforming every major stock index from Shanghai to New York.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2025
On security, she has outshone him, reducing murders in Mexico City by nearly half during her tenure as mayor.
From Reuters ● Sep. 7, 2023
These similarities have culminated in a parallel situation in both communities, in which price has outshone traditional ways of seeing.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 12, 2016
The luster of Channing's fame has outshone and outlasted that of his associates; and yet these were stars of hardly less magnitude.
From A History of American Christianity by Leonard Woolsey Bacon
