as in to overtake
to go or grow faster than (something)
Population growth has continued to outpace job growth for the last several decades. The demand for the product has outpaced the company's ability to produce it.
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Recent Examples of outpace
In 22 states, the rate of influenza deaths has been outpacing COVID-19 deaths throughout the first five weeks of 2025.
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Alexander Tin, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, the 15-inch MacBook Air outpaced the Yoga Slim in two graphics tests by small margins, but Intel's Arc 140V GPU crushed the Apple M3 GPU in ray tracing, with a more-than-3,000-point advantage in Solar Bay.
—PCMAG, 10 Feb. 2025
Between the lines: State efforts to oversee health insurers are expected to outpace those in the new Congress, in part because legislators tend to face less pressure covering the costs of changes in insurance law.
—Arika Herron, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
Data shows that while millions of borrowers have benefited from loan forgiveness programs, new loans continue to outpace repayments, pushing the overall debt burden higher.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
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Alexander Tin, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, the 15-inch MacBook Air outpaced the Yoga Slim in two graphics tests by small margins, but Intel's Arc 140V GPU crushed the Apple M3 GPU in ray tracing, with a more-than-3,000-point advantage in Solar Bay.
—PCMAG, 10 Feb. 2025
Between the lines: State efforts to oversee health insurers are expected to outpace those in the new Congress, in part because legislators tend to face less pressure covering the costs of changes in insurance law.
—Arika Herron, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
Data shows that while millions of borrowers have benefited from loan forgiveness programs, new loans continue to outpace repayments, pushing the overall debt burden higher.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outpace
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While qualifying remains thrilling, an exhibition of talent and grit, the race itself unfolds like a high-speed procession with minimal changes to the starting grid, overtaking nearly impossible unless rain or strategy throws chaos into the mix.—
Kanzah Maktoum,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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The Swede shot a final-round 6-under 66 to climb two spots on the leaderboard, overtaking Maverick McNealy and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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Lucid — The electric vehicle stock surged more than 9% after fourth-quarter results surpassed analysts’ estimates on the top and bottom lines.—
Brian Evans,
CNBC,
25 Feb. 2025
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Only 16 films have ever surpassed the $100 million mark in global Imax grosses.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2025
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The severity of this year’s flu season is driven by a combination of factors, experts suggested.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Revenues for the three-month period rose 5 percent to $2.2 billion, ahead of the $2.11 billion analysts projected and were driven by progress at Coach, Tapestry’s biggest brand.—
David Moin,
WWD,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Outpace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpace. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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