outpacing

verb

present participle of outpace
as in overtaking
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 outpacing With the backing of both the county’s Democratic Party and the local Democratic Socialists of America chapter, Roy won June’s primary easily, outpacing McKinney by 15 percentage points. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 The party’s pick García has led the field in fundraising, far outpacing Hershey and Castillo and edging out Getty with support from congressional Democrats, left-leaning political action committees and labor unions. — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 In their most recent earnings reports, both LVMH and Kering reported jewelry as their fastest-growing segment, outpacing fashion and leather goods. — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 20 Oct. 2026 In their most recent earnings reports, both LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton and Kering reported jewelry as their fastest-growing segment, outpacing fashion and leather goods. — Sara Germano, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026 Nobody denies it's had a great run, up 82% since the start of 2025, outpacing the 33% advance for the NYSE Arca Pharmaceutical Index, known as the DRG. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026 The city of Detroit is outpacing that trend, with 7% of ballots returned as of Tuesday, the Secretary of State says. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 The survey does not offer an explanation for why the United States appears to be outpacing its peers on trust. — Nicholas Florko, STAT, 10 Oct. 2026 Horror lovers have more options for wide releases today, but the genre isn’t dramatically outpacing other kinds of theatrical films. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outpacing
  1. overtaking
  2. driving
  3. surpassing
  4. outstripping
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  • Roughly 54% of people taking semaglutide medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy do so to lose weight, overtaking the share of people who use them for other medical reasons, according to EY-Parthenon.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • If Manning was actually named 'Joe Smith', Steve Sarkisian would have already given the backup quarterbacks at least a shot at overtaking Arch Manning as the starter.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of overtaking
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  • Biggs has accused the Hobbs administration of driving up home prices with stringent water requirements that stalled new buildings in parts of the Phoenix area.
    — Hannah Knowles The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • No amount of spending from whatever PAC source is driving it into the elections are going to change that dynamic.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of driving
Verb
  • But in terms of student achievement, Asian students have performed more like white students, frequently surpassing white students academically.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Simulating real-world quantum errors Last year, JUPITER simulated a full 50-qubit universal quantum computer under ideal, noiseless conditions, surpassing the previous 48-qubit record established by Jülich researchers in 2019 on Japan’s K computer.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of surpassing
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  • In both North America and Europe, clean electrification and digital infrastructure are outstripping renewable additions like wind and solar.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The company has become one of the biggest winners of the artificial intelligence build-out, with demand for memory chips far outstripping supply.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of outstripping

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