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 Times’ shares have risen nearly 90% since then, outpacing News Corp’s.
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Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2025
About 25% of Cadillac’s sales through the second quarter were EVs, and that jumped closer to a third of the total over the last 60 or so days — far outpacing the overall industry EV share of about 6% to 8% and even the luxury segment share of roughly 14%.
—Robert Ferris, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
This laptop performed well in both productivity and gaming tasks, outpacing competitors like the Acer Predator Helios 18 and Razer Blade 16 in the former and falling just behind them in the latter.
—PC Magazine, 2 Sep. 2025
Gold prices have soared 35% so far this year, far outpacing a 9% gain in the S&P 500.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
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Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2025
About 25% of Cadillac’s sales through the second quarter were EVs, and that jumped closer to a third of the total over the last 60 or so days — far outpacing the overall industry EV share of about 6% to 8% and even the luxury segment share of roughly 14%.
—Robert Ferris, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
This laptop performed well in both productivity and gaming tasks, outpacing competitors like the Acer Predator Helios 18 and Razer Blade 16 in the former and falling just behind them in the latter.
—PC Magazine, 2 Sep. 2025
Gold prices have soared 35% so far this year, far outpacing a 9% gain in the S&P 500.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outpace
Verb
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But her sanctuary is at risk of government overtake by agents who want to control remembered history.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
31 Aug. 2025
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But this season the Padres appeared to have their best shot at overtaking their Southern California rivals, even surging into first place for three days in August, twice.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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Charlotte posted five different drives of eight plays or more, three of which surpassed 60 yards on the drive.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Sep. 2025
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The total of 823 munitions made the attack Russia's largest to date, surpassing the 741 munitions reported by the air force on July 9.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
7 Sep. 2025
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The woman who was driving the vehicle was fatally injured and a man riding in the vehicle was taken to an area hospital with critical injuries.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Sep. 2025
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The question of whether driving barefoot is safe isn't so cut and dry.—
Georgea Kovanis,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Outpace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpace. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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