perform
verb (used with object)
overperform
-
a word derived from
perform.
Example Sentences
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Emery has got Villa to overperform for most of his three-and-a-half years in charge but has to cope with a summer of change at Villa Park.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
“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
So how does a country with a population ranked at 128th in the world according to size continue to overperform on the biggest stage of all?
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 10, 2022
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
