arrowed

verb

past tense of arrow
as in overtook

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrowed
  1. overtook
  2. outpaced
  3. accelerated
  4. outran
  5. outstripped
  6. caught up
  7. galloped
  8. streaked
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  • But as late-arriving mail-in ballots were counted, Raman overtook Pratt and knocked him out of the runoff.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 8 July 2026
  • The Yankees remain the most valuable MLB franchise, but last year the Los Angeles Dodgers overtook it as earning the most revenue.
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 7 July 2026
Definition of overtook
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  • As a result, demand for AI-capable processors has outpaced production capacity, and prices for components at the chokepoints are spiking.
    — Lucas Laursen, IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2026
  • These earnings, which have outpaced his real estate business, have sparked concerns about potential conflicts of interest.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 July 2026
Definition of outpaced
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  • This openness also accelerated the tech industry in a less obvious way.
    — David Siegel, Fortune, 3 July 2026
  • The financial collapse in 2008 accelerated wealth inequality.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026
Definition of accelerated
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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
  • For decades, sales teams often outran product teams.
    — Lior Weinstein, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Definition of outran
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  • Even before the new priority for children with autism, demand for swim lessons outstripped supply.
    — Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 1 July 2026
  • The companies have the financial resources to keep pouring billions into AI, Cramer said, but demand for compute infrastructure has outstripped supply, driving up the cost of critical components such as memory chips and networking equipment.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 30 June 2026
Definition of outstripped
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  • But we were too caught up in the communal bliss to take a poll of random kids.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 7 July 2026
  • Then he got caught up in the race to perform at certain festivals and venues, turning his career into a checklist.
    — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of caught up
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  • Hollywood was founded by daredevils, from the cowboys who galloped here to become stuntmen, to the small-town girls who bucked the pressure to get married and moved west to chase a one-in-a-million dream.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • The trailer for Ransom Canyon has galloped onto the scene thanks to Netflix.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 June 2026
Definition of galloped
Verb
  • Tracers from air defense fire streaked through the air as a huge pall of black smoke rose into the sky.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Remove brown, yellowing, streaked, and spotted leaves by cutting them off as close to the ground as possible.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 June 2026
Definition of streaked
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“Arrowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrowed. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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