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outperform

[ out-per-fawrm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to surpass in excellence of performance; do better than:
a new engine that outperforms the competition; a stock that outperformed all others.

outperform

/ ˌaʊtpəˈfɔːm /

First recorded in 1955–60; out- + perform

For a time in the 1930s, leading Western intellectuals believed fascist regimes could economically outperform democracies.

“Black students in New Orleans have started to outperform their peers in the rest of the state,” she writes.

But the rich now outperform the middle class by as much as the middle class outperform the poor.

ALEC: Are there shows that outperform us earnings-wise in a 30-minute half hour?

Even very smart people who do this all day, every day, do not, on average, outperform the market.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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