Example Sentences

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“But I’ve been in this business for 18 years and I’ve seen it always overperform projections.”

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

UBS analysts said in a note Monday that the current consumer environment sets up off-price retailers like TJX and Burlington to overperform this holiday season.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

Next continued to see sales overperform, with its latest results in October seeing a 10.5% increase in sales.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

The filmmakers immerse viewers in the world of flight attendants and overperform in showing the monotony of the profession.

From Salon • Jul. 13, 2021

I mainly took this as a mandate to overperform, to do everything I possibly could to keep up with or even plow past the more privileged people around me.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama