arrowing

verb

present participle of arrow
as in overtaking

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrowing
  1. overtaking
  2. outrunning
  3. accelerating
  4. galloping
  5. outstripping
  6. quickening
  7. outpacing
  8. darting
Verb
  • Eight years later, Amazon sits atop the Fortune Global 500 for the first time, overtaking Walmart to become the world’s largest company by revenue.
    — Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 30 July 2026
  • While Chicago’s postseason probabilities are high, its chances of overtaking Milwaukee in the National League Central are low, meaning the Cubs are unlikely to receive a first-round bye.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of overtaking
Verb
  • To wit, an investor who was in at the start would be down $65,530 on a price basis on a $100,000 investment, as of this writing, from the IPO date, but would have collected about $75,000 from dividends, just barely outrunning the loss on price.
    — Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • His peers of the mid-19th century were outrunning their critics and the old strictures of colonial imitation.
    — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
Definition of outrunning
Verb
  • The same conundrum saw investors punish Alphabet and Tesla, but reward Microsoft and Amazon for accelerating revenue growth and posting blowout backlog numbers this quarter.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Reuters — Japan’s government is portraying its accelerating military buildup not only as ​a way to protect the country but as a route to greater prosperity, arguing in ‌its latest defence white paper that arms production can support economic growth.
    — Reuters, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of accelerating
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  • Future work will expand the system to include additional gaits such as galloping and crawling, support more agile turning and sideways movement, and adapt the same learning framework to humanoid robots and other legged machines.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026
  • One scroll depicting a galloping horse is believed to be by Xu, according to the lawsuit.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of galloping
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  • This rapid construction is currently outstripping the expansion of the country’s electricity and water infrastructure, fueling warnings from utilities, regulators, and policymakers.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
  • Despite this seemingly huge volume, demand for vintage clothing is currently outstripping supply.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 July 2026
Definition of outstripping
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  • Fiery Mars shifts into your 11th House of Friends, quickening chats and group planning while your expressive nature rallies people around playful, creative goals.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026
  • Recently, though, Disney has begun making moves — including the poaching of Zameczkowski — that suggest its pace of activity in APAC could be quickening.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026
Definition of quickening
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  • Meanwhile, ChatGPT's rapid ascent to over one billion active users underscores AI's unprecedented adoption speed, far outpacing previous technological shifts.
    — Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Ticket prices for the top world tours spiked some fifty per cent between 2019 and 2024, significantly outpacing inflation.
    — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of outpacing
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  • The Barcelona forward is a different option to Solanke with his ability in tight spaces and desire to stretch the defensive line with darting runs in-behind.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • Tagging the Globetrotting travel company, the Fast Five actress shared a carousel of highlights from the safari, including photos of elephants in the wild, horseback riding excursions, and a cheetah darting into a tree—as well as her mini-me.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 28 July 2026
Definition of darting
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“Arrowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrowing. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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