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Recent Examples of one-up
Reports indicate the Toronto Blue Jays are still in the mix and could attempt to one-up the Mets.
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Hartlepool United, for example, were re-elected 14 times between 1920 and 1987, the year automatic relegation was introduced, on a one-up/one-down basis.
—Matt Slater, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
Wall Street is looking to see if Palantir Technologies can one-up its last blowout earnings report after the closing bell on Monday.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
Studios and streamers, including A24 and Neon, started circling the film, trying to one-up each other in a feverish effort to land the buzzy project.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Hartlepool United, for example, were re-elected 14 times between 1920 and 1987, the year automatic relegation was introduced, on a one-up/one-down basis.
—Matt Slater, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
Wall Street is looking to see if Palantir Technologies can one-up its last blowout earnings report after the closing bell on Monday.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
Studios and streamers, including A24 and Neon, started circling the film, trying to one-up each other in a feverish effort to land the buzzy project.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for one-up
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Not to be outdone, its longtime rival India plays the same game.—
Zachariah Mampilly,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Apr. 2025
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As rehearsals unfold under the director’s bizarre, often humiliating techniques, the actors clash over their wildly opposing philosophies, each trying to outdo the other while navigating the absurdity of the creative process.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Mizzou first baseman Mateo Serna made a couple of nice plays during the inning — the first by picking a throw from shortstop for the first out, then handling a bobbled ball before outrunning Charles Davalan to the bag.—
Matt Jones,
Arkansas Online,
5 Apr. 2025
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Led by Walter Clayton Jr. and Alijah Martin, who played in the Final Four with Florida Atlantic University two years ago, the Gators will look to use their high-flying offense that averages 85 points per game to outrun the Tigers.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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That narrowly outpaces Campbell, 30, and her rate of 16.4 goals prevented, with 28-year-old Tullis-Joyce next at 12.9 in the NWSL and Women’s Super League combined.—
Jeff Rueter,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Since 2019, restaurant prices have increased 34%, outpacing the overall growth of inflation during that same period, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2025
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Tucked away after a swarm of students asked him tons of questions on his career to better their own, Chavarria, a CFDA Award-winning designer, reflected on his childhood, which is where his love of fashion was born.—
Essence,
Essence,
8 Apr. 2025
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Only one team in Europe’s top four leagues, Bilbao’s Athletic Club (six), can better them.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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For a Ferrari driver to get beaten, admittedly in his first Grand Prix, and to be outraced by Alex Albon in the Williams is a bit embarrassing, to be honest.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Ryan Hartman scored a power-play goal off a four-on-one with 5:06 to go, but Crosby outraced Faber to a puck in the neutral zone for an empty-net goal.—
Michael Russo,
The Athletic,
10 Mar. 2025
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From gamma rays to the vacuum of space, Conan’s resilience outshines nature’s toughest competitors.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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In the Academy’s eyes, smaller, riskier independent films—like Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight—began to outshine costlier, splashier, big-studio movies.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
3 Mar. 2025
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The Denver location, near Coors Field, is not only packed ahead of first pitch, but now sees college football and NFL Sunday business surpass Rockies games.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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According to promoter Live Nation, ticket sales for the genre-bending concert surpassed one million in less than a month, and two more venues were added to the itinerary.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The universal appeal of KORA products transcends gender boundaries.—
Pooja Shah,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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But, in its literalism, the essay struggles to transcend the form.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2025
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“One-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one-up. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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