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- verb Present participle of
outshine .
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Examples
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Each one was a girl of fair common sense, and she did not delude herself with any vain conceits, or deny her love, or give herself airs, in the idea of outshining the others.
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Each one was a girl of fair common sense, and she did not delude herself with any vain conceits, or deny her love, or give herself airs, in the idea of outshining the others.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy 1884
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"The reality is with these new stadiums coming online, they're kind of outshining us," said Rodney Barreto, a partner in a Coral Gables lobbying firm and chairman of the local Super Bowl Host Committee.
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Ne-Yo contested that he was kicked off because his performance was "outshining" R. Kelly's, who was the headliner.
HipHopDX.com > 2008
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“The reality is with these new stadiums coming online, they’re kind of outshining us,” said Rodney Barreto, a partner in a Coral Gables lobbying firm and chairman of the local Super Bowl Host Committee.
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They continually be little a president because of appearance and degrade his accomplishments even though he is far outshining recent presidents.
Blacks in survey say race relations no better with Obama 2009
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Obama didn't take Hillary with him because the fear of her outshining him with the world leaders.
Poll: Majority of Republicans don't think Palin's qualified for prez 2009
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Moonlight flooded the sky, only the brightest stars outshining it.
Moon – Heuristic 2010
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Over the past 15 years, the fund has handed investors a return of 7.5%, beating 6.43% from the benchmark index and outshining all its comparable rivals, according to Morningstar.
Pimco's Gross Has 'Lost Sleep' Over Bad Bets Mary Pilon 2011
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Venice, with its history, art, beauty and permanent need of rescue, has a way of outshining even the most resplendent socialite, and focusing everybody on the task at hand.
All Dressed Up to Save Venice Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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