outcompete
Americanverb (used with object)
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"Greys outcompete reds for habitat and food - they don't actually physically attack them but they do bother them," said Foott.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Somebody has to build these businesses, run them and outcompete the ones already there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
This competition pushed early crops to develop traits that helped them outgrow and outcompete neighboring plants, offering new insight into how crops evolve and how they might be improved in the future.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2026
Nations that believe they can outcompete anyone, anywhere embrace open markets as a matter of rational self-interest.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
In Russia the better-paid labour in the factories near Petersburg and in Esthland can outcompete the lower paid labour of the central governments of Vladimir and Moscow.
From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by J. A. (John Atkinson) Hobson
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