Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrowed
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And with no buffalo for food, unregulated hunting of everything else overtook the rest of the wild game.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
5 Mar. 2026 -
Apple overtook Samsung as the world's top smartphone seller in 2024, ending its roughly 12-year run atop the market.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
25 Feb. 2026
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Texas Democrats turned out in numbers not seen in decades for last week’s Senate primary, a surge that outpaced Republicans and signaled an energized electorate heading toward November.—
William Tong,
Dallas Morning News,
9 Mar. 2026
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The entrepreneur and lifestyle icon has built a career out of creating and celebrating beautiful things, but a killer instinct for business is why her career has far outpaced the men’s around her.—
Lale Arikoglu,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 Mar. 2026
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But an unexpectedly powerful solar cycle that peaked in 2024 accelerated that timeline by increasing atmospheric drag on the spacecraft, according to the agency.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Each mission after that, however, has been repurposed and accelerated.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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But there was time for one final score when Payne outran the Cincinnati defense for a 9-yard touchdown with 23 seconds remaining to lift TCU to a 31-17 halftime lead.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Nov. 2025
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He'll be forever known as the boy who outran a bear.—
Shelley Bortz,
CBS News,
17 Nov. 2025
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The 19 Florida executions that year outstripped the previous high totals of eight in both 1984 and 2014.—
Freida Frisaro,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
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Anthropic dropped its pledge to pause development if the capability of its AI models far outstripped safety research.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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If you’re caught up in the medium, not the quality?—
The Editors,
Robb Report,
14 Mar. 2026
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To get caught up on all ins and outs, below, find an explainer of what is going on with the big drama surrounding a little movie.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
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In a final twist, as his own grave went up in flames (without him in it), Tommy galloped off into the horizon, his empire reduced to embers.—
Miriam Balanescu,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2026
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As the Year of the Horse galloped in, revelers ushered in the most prominent festival on the Chinese Lunar calendar with some quirks – from Kung Fu robots to Harry Potter’s teenage nemesis – and some reflection.—
CNN staff,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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At the San Francisco Macworld Expo in January 1998, only one year into the job, Jobs was nearly unrecognizable in his new mustache and full beard, streaked with gray.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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But the stakes of this season have been clear since Day 1, and unlike last season — when the Red Wings streaked their way in and out of the playoff race — this year’s group has been right there all year long.—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Arrowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrowed. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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