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
  • The social media giant’s push into the AI agent market with its Muse personal AI assistant has seen a rush of consumer demand, overtaking OpenAI’s ChatGPT as the leading free iOS app.
    — Samantha Subin,Chris Eudaily, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
  • But some experts say the notion of bots overtaking the entire extremely bifurcated internet is far-fetched.
    — Barbara Ortutay, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of overtaking
Verb
  • Some of the skills needed to make data center components are even outrunning the trade schools, like the specialized welding skills needed.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
  • My own read, after two years of watching vendor roadmaps slip and then compress again, is that the hardware is still outrunning the software.
    — Dax Grant, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of outrunning
Verb
  • Also, Johann Lurf’s Forever…Forever presents a vision of the cosmos in motion, with an ever-accelerating timelapse of the sun’s path filmed over 22 months.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
  • B’nai Brith has been warning for months that antisemitic violence is accelerating.
    — Ariella Noveck, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of accelerating
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  • We were greeted at the gate by three galloping horses and over a dozen hounds, who gracefully led us to the castle, where we were met by the delightful staff.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026
  • On the title track, galloping rhythms and lingering lap steel notes conjure the image of a condor soaring overhead.
    — Cata Balzano, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of galloping
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  • The deal would easily make Guevara the costliest single police scandal in Chicago history, outstripping the around $210 million spent so far on cases against former Cmdr.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Sentence lengths have increased in that time, keeping people behind bars for longer and outstripping the number of new prisons being built, even as overall crime rates have fallen during the last decade.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of outstripping
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  • The need for businesses, countries, cities and even individuals to be more resilient in the face of the quickening pace and increasing severity of climate disasters.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The media, encouraged by negotiators themselves, often reinforces this view, noting that talks are progressing, referring to their quickening pace or intensifying efforts and the anticipation of further meetings.
    — John R. Bolton, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of quickening
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  • Cost burden – spending more than 30% of income on housing – is common among lower-income renters in Hazelwood, part of a national pattern of rising housing costs outpacing incomes.
    — Ira Goldstein, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The value of those holdings grew ninefold over the past year, outpacing tokenized funds and ETFs.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of outpacing
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  • Thank you to the San Francisco Zoo for their expertise darting the lion and documenting the scene.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • One TikTok of the scrappy piggy dodging cars and darting between would-be animal rescuers’ legs racked up nearly a half million views.
    — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of darting
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“Arrowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrowing. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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