Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrowed
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Officials told the outlet that as soon as the child was safe, Gomez used the ladder to rescue his adult son and an elderly woman before the blaze overtook the second floor.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
8 Dec. 2025 -
By May 28, Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz had activated the National Guard as protesters overtook and set fire to the 3rd Precinct police station.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Dec. 2025
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Make no mistake, the Seahawks outpaced even their own timeline, so there’s expectation for improvement.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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All that extra supply has outpaced demand.—
Stephan Bisaha,
NPR,
16 June 2026
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On a sunny day in late May, a brand-new Mazda CX-5 was accelerated to about 40 mph and driven toward a stationary object with the express purpose of testing whether the vehicle would hit it.—
Keith Laing,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
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China’s economic imbalance worsened in May as retail sales fell at the fastest pace in years, while industrial output accelerated, new data showed.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
16 June 2026
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Then Pulisic outran the defense and buried a goal off a pass from Ricardo Pepi.—
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
1 June 2026
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For decades, sales teams often outran product teams.—
Lior Weinstein,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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The sale on Monday far outstripped those, no doubt due to the truly top material in the sale, including what Christie’s called the largest Pollock drip painting still in private hands.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
18 May 2026
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Wagner outstripped her fundraising, bringing in $182,000, but ended the period with less than $120,000 left in his account.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Sitting in a bright, open-concept coffee shop filled with plants and quirky artwork, Michele White, executive director of the Greater Phoenix Equality Chamber of Commerce, gets caught up on emails and scheduling meetings.—
Olivia Rose,
AZCentral.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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In town, people said that Roland must have got caught up in drug-taking and whatnot and kept bad company.—
Miriam Toews,
New Yorker,
17 Aug. 2025
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Black horses bearing American and Saudi flags galloped along on the South Lawn.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
19 Nov. 2025
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Zach Charbonnet went right, cut back, made multiple defenders miss and galloped for 30 yards.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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In the 54th minute, New Zealand fought to get the ball back at midfield and then Elijah Just streaked forward, playing a give-and-go with Chris Wood at the top of the 18-yard box.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
16 June 2026
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Within seconds, their left forward Pam Woodworth, 72, streaked past three Togolese defenders, white ponytail flopping.—
Ryan Lenora Brown,
NPR,
14 June 2026
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“Arrowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrowed. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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