beelines

verb

present tense third-person singular of beeline
1
as in sets off

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2
as in overtakes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beelines
  1. sets off
  2. overtakes
  3. sets out
  4. outruns
  5. puts
  6. outstrips
  7. directs
  8. outpaces
Verb
  • When the whole family sets off on a cross-country road trip to take teen Katie Mitchell to college, a rogue AI hatches a plan to launch all humans into space, and only the Mitchells can stop it.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026
  • Kit departs, leaving Lauren in tears, and sets off for Wyoming for a new job and a chance at a new life.
    — Barry Levitt, Time, 23 July 2026
Definition of sets off
Verb
  • In Kurzweil’s version, the singularity involves an unmistakable break in which machine intelligence overtakes humanity and technological progress becomes impossible to predict.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 27 July 2026
  • But in most cases, the variant with the biggest edge overtakes the population.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
Definition of overtakes
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  • The former vice president sets out to define values that once dominated the Republican Party.
    — Terry W. Hartle, Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2026
  • The budget resolution sets out instructions for the various committees to draft legislation, which Johnson hopes could be done this summer, with final voting on the package once lawmakers return after the August recess.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Definition of sets out
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Advocates and city councilors said at an April Council hearing that the Wu administration’s inaction has cost the city millions in federal grant funding and puts cyclists and pedestrians at risk.
    — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 22 July 2026
  • That puts additional weight on the value of the face-to-face interview — one of the last remaining stages of the hiring process that can’t be automated.
    — Cami Fateh, Vogue, 22 July 2026
Definition of puts
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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
Verb
  • The Constitution directs states, rather than the federal government, to administer most election oversight.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 27 July 2026
  • Martín Cuervo directs from a screenplay by Arturo Ruiz Serrano and José Manuel Carrasco.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 27 July 2026
Definition of directs
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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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“Beelines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beelines. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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