beelined

verb

past tense of beeline
1
as in set out

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2
as in overtook

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beelined
  1. set out
  2. overtook
  3. set off
  4. sprinted
  5. pointed
  6. outran
  7. lit
  8. outpaced
Verb
  • Mileage standards, known as Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, requirements, have been implemented since the 1970s energy crisis, and set out how far new vehicles need to travel on a gallon of gasoline.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
  • From there, the ship sets out for another sea day before a port day in Casablanca, Morocco.
    — Megan duBois, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of set out
Verb
  • With retail values declining, the campus recently overtook the Trumbull Mall as the town’s top taxpayers.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Geely is joining the ranks of BYD, which last year overtook Tesla as the world’s biggest EV maker, as well as CATL, the world’s largest EV battery maker, both of which this year rolled out around 5-minute EV ultrafast charging.
    — Chan Ho-Him, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of overtook
Verb
  • That set off a flurry of Houthi attacks on Saudi infrastructure, and the Houthis’ announcement of a blockade against Saudi shipping on the Red Sea — now the main corridor for Saudi energy exports.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • That his name was leaked as a prospective future CEO to drama-seeking observers only set off erroneous ripple effects of speculation that Solomon was headed out the door.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of set off
Verb
  • Following a three-and-out, Price darted up the middle, cut to the right and sprinted down the sideline for his first career touchdown.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Genevieve Verlander, wearing a Tigers jersey with her dad's name and number, sprinted to the mound and hugged her father, who reached down to embrace her and started shaking and sobbing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of sprinted
Verb
  • According to the complaint, the man had his camera pointed at a child at one point.
    — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • It feels pointed at this point.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of pointed
Verb
  • Then, two plays later Baugh burst through the line and outran everybody for a 33-yard TD and 27-17 lead.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Quarterback Anthony Colandrea outran safety Avery Dixon on a 10-yard touchdown run, diving to the end zone pylon to finish a 75-yard drive on the game's opening series, and then Rule bulled in from the 3 to end a 90-yard march.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of outran
Verb
  • Characters come alive with desire, as if lit from within by candles.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • This adds together exposures taken over just 30 minutes on an early June night when, from my latitude of 51° N satellites even in low Earth orbit are lit all night by sunlight.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of lit
Verb
  • According to data from the Africa CDC, the current outbreak has outpaced the two-year West Africa regional outbreak in terms of spread in the same time.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Motorola invented the mobile phone, but by the time Brown was handed the reins, its cellphone business had been outpaced by Nokia and Samsung.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of outpaced
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“Beelined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beelined. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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