keep pace with

idiom

: to go or make progress at the same speed as (someone or something else)

Our production can't keep pace with the orders coming in.

The law has not kept pace with technology.

Examples of keep pace with in a Sentence

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Since the early years of the coronavirus outbreak in 2020 and 2021, hospitals have been pressed to raise wages to avert staff shortages while federal Medicaid and Medicare payments failed to keep pace with medical inflation, according to the American Hospital Association. —Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2026

To keep pace with rising efficiency and productivity demands, modern manufacturers must continue to pursue digital transformation. —Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026

Once the dominant player in chips, Intel has struggled to keep pace with rivals over the past decade, ceding ground to Qualcomm and Nvidia in crucial areas like mobile and AI. —Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026

Aside from the impact of power-line investments, electricity rates could also increase if available power generation doesn’t keep pace with rising energy demand, according to TEPRI’s report. —Claire Hao, Houston Chronicle, 7 Jan. 2026