arrows

verb

present tense third-person singular of arrow
as in outruns

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  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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  • Crook breaks into a jog, then darts between cars to reach her.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 27 June 2026
  • This type dispenses altogether with nest-building and partnering and simply darts around squirting.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Definition of darts
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  • 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
  • Then, my wide-reaching smile — much better — overtakes my face.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
Definition of overtakes
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  • 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
  • Motonui has long withstood that curse, but trouble catches up to them when disease spreads through the coconut trees and the fisherman report that their once plentiful catch has disappeared.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 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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  • That outstrips the net gain of $666 billion investors took home from the last decade of startup investing, says Meghan Reynolds, managing partner at tech fund Altimeter.
    — Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Anthropic’s recent Mythos Preview highlights how AI can identify vulnerabilities at a pace that outstrips most organizations’ ability to patch them.
    — Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
Definition of outstrips
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  • Ava Max steps out in the New York City neighborhood of East Village on July 17, in a quirky look of an oversized hat an frilly shirt.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE, 18 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 20 Jul. 2026.

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