keep pace

phrase

: to stay even

also : keep up sense 1

Examples of keep pace in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Under Laporta, the club might have scaled everything back, refusing to keep pace with football’s rampant wage inflation, selling young stars for a fortune and reducing their edge on the field in the process. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Trump claimed the payments would be possible because of the economy's strength, yet consumer sentiment is weak as gasoline prices are increasing because of the war with Iran and wages are struggling to keep pace with inflation. — Bill Barrow, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026

Power generated by the facade can reduce dependence on a grid that cannot deliver interconnections fast enough to keep pace with AI demand. — Zev Laine, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

The harder question is whether oversight, design standards and customer experience can keep pace as the portfolio grows. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1583, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for keep pace

• abase
• airspace
• apace
• backspace
• biface
• birthplace
• blackface
• boldface
• bookcase
• braincase
• briefcase
• carcase