keep pace

phrase

: to stay even

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But over the last 12 months, inflation has nearly kept pace with hourly wage gains — and that understates the extent of the problem because debt service costs are not included in the consumer price index. ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026 What did not keep pace was the foundational work that makes any of it useful. Vyom Bhardwaj, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Home prices haven’t cooled off much either, and wages haven’t kept pace. Sharon Wu, USA Today, 30 July 2026 More than 250,000 people across the two countries have been forced to evacuate, and the European Commission has said that Europe’s firefighting capacity is struggling to keep pace with what is proving to be an intense wildfire year. Simmone Shah, Time, 28 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for keep pace

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“Keep pace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20pace. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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