Definition of "outcompeting" [outcompeting]

• Present participle of outcompete. (verb)

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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."
• "The wild pythons are thriving where they don't belong, possibly outcompeting the alligators as top preditor in the everglades."
• "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."