Thesaurus results for ACES (OUT)

aces (out)

verb

present tense third-person singular of ace (out)

as in edges (out)

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Across America, the average net worth of owners greatly exceeds the net worth of renters.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
In-store shopping generally exceeds online in every state except Maryland and New York, where online is the narrow leader.

— Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of exceeds

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While debates about building AI that surpasses human intelligence, flashy new gadgets and AI spending tend to dominate tech events, tech talks at last week’s Oakland Tech Week often had a different vibe.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Its best parts have a grandeur that surpasses its industrial settings and gets at something eerie and transcendent.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of surpasses

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Flora has collected contributions from unions, corporations including Walmart, Chevron and Uber, and major trade organizations and vastly eclipses the financial contributions that his challenger has received.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026
The find eclipses the previous record holder — a roughly 14-pound Terslev hoard — and weighs nearly three times as much.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of eclipses

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While that distribution model has remained unchanged since Blazy’s arrival, the process has come under growing scrutiny as demand for key runway looks often outstrips supply.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
Much of this debt has funded investment that has generated progressively lower—even negative—economic returns, including excess residential real estate, underutilized infrastructure, and manufacturing capacity that far outstrips demand.

— MICHAEL PETTIS, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of outstrips

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In addition to the characters, the set features two love notes and a flowerpot, which Derpy Tiger notoriously knocks over.

— Greta Cross, USA Today, 16 June 2026
But as much as the ratings monopoly has taken its share of knocks over the decades, it has never been supplanted as the anchor of the $70 billion-plus TV ad business.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2025

Definition of knocks over

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No stepping off the sidewalk into a puddle of slush that overtops your work shoes, soaking your socks for the rest of the day.

— Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
On rainy and high tide days, the track and baseball field nearby can get submerged in ankle deep water as the river overtops the old seawall.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026

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