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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Meta is also investing heavily to keep pace with rivals like OpenAI and Alphabet Inc.’s Google in developing large language models and chatbots.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
For municipalities, however, fiscal responsibility is often undermined by the cost of unfunded mandates, the removal of taxable property from local grand lists, and the fact that certain state funding does not keep pace with inflation.
—Lisa J. Marotta, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025
Teams from outside England also seem to struggle with Arsenal’s sheer athleticism — certainly Real Madrid struggled to keep pace with their physical output in the quarter-final.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Chris Wood of Nottingham will try to keep pace with City in this one.
—Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
For municipalities, however, fiscal responsibility is often undermined by the cost of unfunded mandates, the removal of taxable property from local grand lists, and the fact that certain state funding does not keep pace with inflation.
—Lisa J. Marotta, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025
Teams from outside England also seem to struggle with Arsenal’s sheer athleticism — certainly Real Madrid struggled to keep pace with their physical output in the quarter-final.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Chris Wood of Nottingham will try to keep pace with City in this one.
—Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Keep pace with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20pace%20with. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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