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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
outshine .
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Examples
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Some even argue that this stocking-stuffer title outshone the more anticipated Half-Life and Team Fortress games that came bundled with Portal in the 2007 hit Orange Box for PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.
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At the Academy Awards last week, Kathryn Bigelow's gritty Iraq War movie "The Hurt Locker" outshone "Avatar" after a nail-biting campaign season.
Moneycontrol Top Headlines Moneycontrol.com editor@moneycontrol.com 2010
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Though Akshay was slightly apprehensive in helping Deepika considering 'how good women are at picking up skills', he was quite sure he wouldn't be 'outshone' by his leading lady.
India eNews 2009
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Nureyev's charisma was palpable; he stood taller, smelt better, walked prouder, and simply outshone all the others around him.
Urizenus Sklar: All Things Sheening: Reading Charlie Sheen to Find Meaning in a Secular Age Urizenus Sklar 2011
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Nureyev's charisma was palpable; he stood taller, smelt better, walked prouder, and simply outshone all the others around him.
Urizenus Sklar: All Things Sheening: Reading Charlie Sheen to Find Meaning in a Secular Age Urizenus Sklar 2011
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Yet this striking young soprano, making her Opera North debut, has a diamond-sharp delivery that is never outshone by her costume.
The Merry Widow – review Alfred Hickling 2010
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Haley Barbour Miss. to turn the committee into a financial juggernaut that outshone even the Republican National Committee.
The top six free-agent 2012 GOP operatives Chris Cillizza 2011
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Nureyev's charisma was palpable; he stood taller, smelt better, walked prouder, and simply outshone all the others around him.
Urizenus Sklar: All Things Sheening: Reading Charlie Sheen to Find Meaning in a Secular Age Urizenus Sklar 2011
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Jonathan Miller , an appraiser and president of Miller Samuel Inc., said the Manhattan market—which has outshone the performance of housing markets across the country in recent years—was "stable but fragile."
Sag in Manhattan Market Josh Barbanel 2011
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Despite the fact that business morality was higher than on the mainland, Ah Chun outshone the business men of Honolulu in the scrupulous rigidity of his honesty.
Chun Ah Chun 2010
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