outperform
verb (used with object)
to surpass in excellence of performance; do better than.
was outperforming
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past progressiveof outperform.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The software ETF was outperforming the chips ETF by about 7%, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Scharf said loan growth was outperforming expectations from the start of the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Following the eight previous instances where the average S&P 500 stock was outperforming the index by such a wide margin, the median one-year forward performance was a drop of 1.3%.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026
Bernstein said the U.S. economy was outperforming virtually all its competitors and urged Congress to pass the necessary appropriations bills to keep the government running.
From Reuters ● Nov. 8, 2023
There was no official explanation — though it surely wasn’t because the economy was outperforming the government’s 5.5 percent annual target.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2022
