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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  • In fact, the probe actually overtook Voyager 2 on the way to Jupiter and arrived their first for a flyby in March 1979.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • As more votes were counted, Raman overtook Pratt to face Bass in the November runoff.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of overtook
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  • Ballard has also outpaced Engling, raising nearly $1 million so far after entering the race in March of this year.
    — Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The congressman also outpaced Sununu and Brown combined in terms of fundraising, federal campaign records show, while being considered the more electable candidate in November by most experts and strategists.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of outpaced
Verb
  • The rocket’s second stage ignited a single Aquila engine and accelerated to orbital velocity—some 5 miles per second—about seven minutes into the flight.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The July hack by rogue OpenAI autonomous agents on open-source developer platform Hugging Face accelerated the shift and proved that the era of advanced AI hacks had arrived.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of accelerated
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  • Thierry Henry curved away from defenders, Cristiano Ronaldo attacked their blind side and Kylian Mbappe outran them.
    — Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Worthy outran Kader Kohou for a score that got a rise from the fans in attendance.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
Definition of outran
Verb
  • The ecommerce upstart, which quickly outstripped legacy rivals like H&M and Zara in online apparel sales during the pandemic, saw its New York, then London, listing aspirations unravel amid mounting regulatory and political scrutiny.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Demand has outstripped supply, and that will probably continue for some time.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of outstripped
Verb
  • The technology feeding climate change has not caught up with how to save the planet from lethal heat.
    — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Wikus van de Merwe (Sharlto Copley) plays a government agent working in the Department of Alien Affairs, who gets caught up in a world of questionable ethics and violence.
    — Grace Dean, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of caught up
Verb
  • The house had been a grand property in another era, complete with Welsh ponies whose riders once galloped through the surrounding woods.
    — Sara Ruffin Costello, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026
  • As famine, war, pestilence and death galloped through, religious thought had been taking on an apocalyptic and self-abnegatory fervor.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
Definition of galloped
Verb
  • As for her glam, Amal’s beachy brunette waves were streaked with blonde highlights, while her makeup consisted of nude eyeshadow, tan lip liner, and a muted pink pout.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Both vessels were streaked with rust and showed mottled paint along the waterlines.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of streaked
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“Arrowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrowed. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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