arrows

verb

present tense third-person singular of arrow
as in outruns

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrows
  1. outruns
  2. darts
  3. overtakes
  4. catches up
  5. outpaces
  6. outstrips
  7. steps out
  8. streaks
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  • Even discounted heavily, that outruns what the grid can quickly add.
    — Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • The possibility of uncertain thought, where the speed of the pen outruns the fine control in the effort to write as fast as one thinks, and one gains a productive illegibility.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
Definition of outruns
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  • Teenage darts champion and prodigy Luke Littler is headlining Netflix‘s next big live event.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 27 July 2026
  • There’s more — Arsenal’s Max Dowman, darts phenom Luke Littler, swimmer Summer McIntosh and basketball star Cooper Flagg have all been talked about as potential game-changers in their sports.
    — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 25 July 2026
Definition of darts
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  • But in most cases, the variant with the biggest edge overtakes the population.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
  • That figure overtakes the attendance record that has stood since 1995 and places Silverstone ahead of major global race weekends including Melbourne, Austin and Miami.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of overtakes
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  • In a blind rage after watching his brother die, Duke catches up to one of their assailants and beats him to death — with a crowd watching.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 July 2026
  • Turning over most of the starting defense two years in a row, coupled with a brutal schedule, finally catches up with the Buckeyes.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of catches up
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  • The aircraft, nicknamed Phantom Twist, rotates up to 25 times per second, a rate that outpaces how quickly our visual system can process sharp detail.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 July 2026
  • Those placements are increasingly valuable as demand in certain healthcare fields outpaces the supply of available medical personnel.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Definition of outpaces
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  • Saudi consumer loans grew ninefold since 2000, to 477 billion riyals — a pace that outstrips both population growth and GDP expansion.
    — Wael Mahdi, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
  • Her playful language scrambles to keep pace with a reality that forever outstrips it.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
Definition of outstrips
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  • Katie Holmes steps out hand-in-hand with Jason Bard Yarmosky on July 21 in New York City.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
  • The surveillance system at her home captured Allen walking down her steps out of the edge of her yard, pointing.
    — Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Definition of steps out
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  • When an Arietid streaks across the daytime sky, the ionized trail will bounce distant signals right into the antenna, resulting in an eerie short burst of music or voice breaking through the static.
    — Jules-Pierre Malartre, Space.com, 8 June 2026
  • At four thirty, pink streaks the sky, like the time mama stepped on the brakes too fast at an intersection and the tires scraped the road black.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
Definition of streaks
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“Arrows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrows. Accessed 31 Jul. 2026.

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