as in overtook
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 outpaced
Madness has outpaced his wildest imaginings.
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Armond White, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
Nvidia has outpaced the group, surging 147% year to date.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
Regarding Ford’s overall third-quarter sales, the company is expected to have outpaced the industry.
—Michael Wayland, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
Rising costs of goods and services outpaced wage growth, further reducing real disposable income.
—Ivan Illan, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
That post-halftime mark took a major swing in the wrong direction in 2023, as opponents actually outpaced USC, 107-100, in the third.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Artificial intelligence outpaced human subjects at maximizing profitability, though the business students beat both AI and the executives at navigating black swan events like market collapses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
Armond White, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
Nvidia has outpaced the group, surging 147% year to date.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
Regarding Ford’s overall third-quarter sales, the company is expected to have outpaced the industry.
—Michael Wayland, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
Rising costs of goods and services outpaced wage growth, further reducing real disposable income.
—Ivan Illan, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
That post-halftime mark took a major swing in the wrong direction in 2023, as opponents actually outpaced USC, 107-100, in the third.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Artificial intelligence outpaced human subjects at maximizing profitability, though the business students beat both AI and the executives at navigating black swan events like market collapses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outpaced
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Two state investigations are unfolding into the tragedy as employees, victims’ families and company owners offer differing accounts of the hour before floodwaters overtook the area.Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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Even in a more benign scenario, its researchers also see Israel’s gross domestic product per head — which in recent years overtook the United Kingdom’s — falling this year, as Israel’s population grows faster than the economy and living standards decline.Hanna Ziady, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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In areas like India and Central Africa, the Android technique actually far surpassed the accuracy of monitoring stations alone.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
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Earnings so far in the third-quarter have surpassed Wall Street’s expectations.Brian Evans,Nick Wells, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
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The 35-year-old and his younger brother then drove around 700 miles south to search for their father.Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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Imposing harsher punishment on repeat offenders drove that support, far outweighing voters’ desire to increase overall prosecutions or deter future crime, the survey found.Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Outpaced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpaced. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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