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- verb Present participle of
outcompete .
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Examples
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But this year, seasonal influenza has been nonexistent, probably because the new H1N1 strain has been "outcompeting" other strains and preventing them from spreading, said Richard Danila, an assistant epidemiologist for the Minnesota Department of Health.
News 2009
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The wild pythons are thriving where they don't belong, possibly outcompeting the alligators as top preditor in the everglades.
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Our ancestors spread out to colonize the Earth during the last 60,000 years or so, outcompeting archaic species such as Homo erectus and the big-brained Neanderthals though if you are European, Asian, or New Guinean, you may have a trace of Neanderthal blood racing through your veins.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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The wild pythons are thriving where they don't belong, possibly outcompeting the alligators as top preditor in the everglades.
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Additionally, Sinervo says here that lizards that can move to higher elevations may end up outcompeting other species and driving them to extinction, so the 20 % figure may be conservative.
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Additionally, Sinervo says here that lizards that can move to higher elevations may end up outcompeting other species and driving them to extinction, so the 20 % figure may be conservative.
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Jason Shogren, Richard Horan, and Erwin Bulte argue that free trade contributed to humans' outcompeting Neanderthals.
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Additionally, Sinervo says here that lizards that can move to higher elevations may end up outcompeting other species and driving them to extinction, so the 20 % figure may be conservative.
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Meanwhile, every day brings a new press story showing how China is throwing its all into clean renewable energy and outcompeting us in one of the fastest growing sectors of the global economy -- clean energy technology.
Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte: Addressing Climate Change: Cut the Corn, Congress, and Come Clean! Mary Ellen Harte 2010
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You could debate psychological states, or the various levels in women, but the reason that we evolved that way is because those female ancestors who enjoyed pregnancy more were more predisposed to having large numbers of children and outcompeting those who did not.
The Lensman's Children Fred Kiesche 2010
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