as in overtook
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 outpaced
Gold, considered a haven amid uncertainty, has now outpaced bitcoin across the past five years, according to FactSet data.
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John Towfighi, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
Sandisk's third-quarter forecast also outpaced expectations for analysts.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
Starting in 2023, salary increases again outpaced inflation each year.
—John M. Bremen, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Harris outpaced Trump by fewer than 5 percentage points.
—Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026
The sudden increase in tourism has mostly affected mid-sized and smaller cities, where demand has outpaced local infrastructure’s capacity, driving prices higher.
—Victoria Baeza Garcia, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
Since Covid, the traumas have outpaced many of our personal capacities to productively process this history and our present society.
—Ed Bok Lee, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Harris outpaced Trump by fewer than 5 percentage points.
—Bill Barrow, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
That outpaced a 13% rise in their total equity over the same period last year, adding to a similar mismatch in 2024.
—Megawati Wijaya, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026
John Towfighi, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
Sandisk's third-quarter forecast also outpaced expectations for analysts.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
Starting in 2023, salary increases again outpaced inflation each year.
—John M. Bremen, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Harris outpaced Trump by fewer than 5 percentage points.
—Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026
The sudden increase in tourism has mostly affected mid-sized and smaller cities, where demand has outpaced local infrastructure’s capacity, driving prices higher.
—Victoria Baeza Garcia, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
Since Covid, the traumas have outpaced many of our personal capacities to productively process this history and our present society.
—Ed Bok Lee, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Harris outpaced Trump by fewer than 5 percentage points.
—Bill Barrow, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
That outpaced a 13% rise in their total equity over the same period last year, adding to a similar mismatch in 2024.
—Megawati Wijaya, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outpaced
Verb
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Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City overtook the work of those at Carrington.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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Meta cofounder Mark Zuckerberg overtook Bezos as the world’s fourth-richest person Thursday after Meta’s fourth-quarter earnings exceeded Wall Street’s expectations for quarterly revenue.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The number surpassed the historical pre-pandemic average by 37 percent, but remained significantly lower than the 2019 attendance figure of 1,351,000.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
29 Jan. 2026
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California’s budgets became dependent on a relatively few high-income taxpayers over the last four decades, as income taxes surpassed sales taxes to become the most important revenue source.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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But after a six-month probe into Yoon's decree, investigators led by another independent counsel, Cho Eun-suk, in December downplayed conjecture that Kim's troubles drove Yoon to declare martial law.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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The round trip from Rockford — the site of the hospital where McKee worked — to Columbus is seven hours, meaning that McKee drove at least 14 hours during that 17 hour span, according to investigators' timeline.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Outpaced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpaced. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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