as in surpassing
to be greater, better, or stronger than
before he had reached his teens, the child prodigy had outstripped his music teacher's abilities
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Recent Examples of outstripping
Well — rocketed up the sales charts, outstripping titles with much larger budgets.
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James Perkins Mastromarino, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
Net of interest earned on the government’s investments, the total was a record $882 billion, the third-largest outlay in the budget, outstripping all other items except Social Security and health care.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
The bank’s profit jumped 32% from a year ago, far outstripping the LSEG estimate and topping several other big banks’ income growth.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
That accelerating birth rates, especially in the developing world, were outstripping the Earth’s resources and hurtling the planet toward widespread famine.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024
The bank's profit jumped 32% from a year ago, far outstripping the LSEG estimate and topping several other big banks' income growth.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
Oil prices hit a nearly three-year low in September amid weak demand in China, the world’s largest importer, and concerns of oil supply outstripping demand.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024
Demand is far outstripping supply, with the share of job descriptions mentioning AI fluency on the job platform Handshake more than tripling this year.
—Maria Flynn, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
That’s due to Gilbert’s 17 2/3 innings pitched advantage, narrowly outstripping Kirby’s small qualitative edge.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
James Perkins Mastromarino, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
Net of interest earned on the government’s investments, the total was a record $882 billion, the third-largest outlay in the budget, outstripping all other items except Social Security and health care.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
The bank’s profit jumped 32% from a year ago, far outstripping the LSEG estimate and topping several other big banks’ income growth.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
That accelerating birth rates, especially in the developing world, were outstripping the Earth’s resources and hurtling the planet toward widespread famine.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024
The bank's profit jumped 32% from a year ago, far outstripping the LSEG estimate and topping several other big banks' income growth.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
Oil prices hit a nearly three-year low in September amid weak demand in China, the world’s largest importer, and concerns of oil supply outstripping demand.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024
Demand is far outstripping supply, with the share of job descriptions mentioning AI fluency on the job platform Handshake more than tripling this year.
—Maria Flynn, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
That’s due to Gilbert’s 17 2/3 innings pitched advantage, narrowly outstripping Kirby’s small qualitative edge.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outstripping
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Despite recent challenges, Lululemon delivered a strong Q3 performance, surpassing top-line and bottom-line estimates.Trefis Team, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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But Netflix’s Spanish-language musical roared back to life on Sunday with a sweep of the European Film Awards, and on Monday with a field-leading 10 Golden Globe nominations, surpassing Barbie’s nine to set a new all-time record on the musical/comedy side.Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2024
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More than half of the products tested in the investigation contained pesticides exceeding state and federal levels.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Common structures include commission plans (where salespeople earn a percentage of their sales) or bonuses for meeting or exceeding quotas.Arnab Mishra, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Snell has pitched more than 130 innings only twice, eclipsing 180 in each of his two Cy Young seasons.Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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The price of one bitcoin also reached a record high Wednesday morning, eclipsing $73,881 before markets opened Wednesday.Taylor Giorno, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
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