as in to overtake
to go or grow faster than (something)
Population growth has continued to outpace job growth for the last several decades. The demand for the product has outpaced the company's ability to produce it.
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Recent Examples of outpace
The city’s spending is outpacing revenue while federal cuts loom.
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Andrew Rein, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025
The 2024 revenue figure outpaced the previous record set in 2021, when the USOPC generated $458 million.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 June 2025
Those who strongly disapproved of the decision outpaced the share who strongly approved of the strikes, according to to the poll conducted by CNN and SSRS.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 24 June 2025
This thought can be proven wrong twofold: Black consumer spending amounted to $9.4 billion in 2023, outpacing the total U.S. dollar in household growth.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 19 June 2025
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Andrew Rein, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025
The 2024 revenue figure outpaced the previous record set in 2021, when the USOPC generated $458 million.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 June 2025
Those who strongly disapproved of the decision outpaced the share who strongly approved of the strikes, according to to the poll conducted by CNN and SSRS.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 24 June 2025
This thought can be proven wrong twofold: Black consumer spending amounted to $9.4 billion in 2023, outpacing the total U.S. dollar in household growth.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 19 June 2025
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About thirty years ago, Sonny was an ascendant Formula 1 star—cue many hilarious, grainy video clips of a younger Pitt, with a resplendent golden mullet—until his dreams were dashed by a near-fatal accident, during an attempt to overtake the three-time Formula 1 world champion Ayrton Senna.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
20 June 2025
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Elon Musk is launching a pilot program in Austin next week, claiming Tesla can overtake the Alphabet Inc. unit in autonomous driving using a much cheaper system.—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Meanwhile, a 2024 forecast by Research and Markets estimates the digital education sector will surpass $80 billion by 2030, driven by microlearning and online skill monetization.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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The market could surpass those previous records on Friday or early next week, analysts told CBS MoneyWatch.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
26 June 2025
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Preventing the spread of marijuana laced with chemicals is one of the driving factors behind Tyson's push for federal reform.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
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Official data from April show that the number of Canadians driving across the border had dropped 35 percent from the previous year.—
Stephen Marche,
The Atlantic,
1 July 2025
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“Outpace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpace. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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