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.
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No single technology will end wildlife trafficking, but these digital tools can enable a shift from reactive enforcement toward proactive, coordinated action, helping authorities keep pace with adaptive criminal networks.
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Eve Bohnett, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
The company, though, is only offering a 90-cent-per-hour wage increase for most workers, union representatives said, which does not keep pace with inflation and the rising cost of living in Greeley.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
One of the videos shows Zendaya directly addressing her Speedy, a soft style created in 1930 to keep pace with the era’s growing freedom of movement.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 4 Feb. 2026
But cities and towns say the ECS program had failed to keep pace with inflation for more than a decade and that, even with the new growth, communities still lose hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
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Eve Bohnett, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
The company, though, is only offering a 90-cent-per-hour wage increase for most workers, union representatives said, which does not keep pace with inflation and the rising cost of living in Greeley.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
One of the videos shows Zendaya directly addressing her Speedy, a soft style created in 1930 to keep pace with the era’s growing freedom of movement.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 4 Feb. 2026
But cities and towns say the ECS program had failed to keep pace with inflation for more than a decade and that, even with the new growth, communities still lose hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Keep pace with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20pace%20with. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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