OUTRACE Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

outrace

verb

Definition of outrace

as in to outrun

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lose (to)

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Recent Examples of outrace The initial completion was roughly 10 yards, and Jones outraced the defense to the end zone. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2026 In a first-half highlight, Phoebe Dummer stole the ball at mid-poll and outraced two defenders to score for a 4-1 lead with 27 seconds left. — Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026 The second quarter opened with Emanuel taking the snap and hesitating for a moment before rushing up the middle and outracing the North Texas defense for a 72-yard touchdown. — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2025 Autonomous Drone Race Competition, outracing the second-placing team by a factor of two. — IEEE Spectrum, 19 Oct. 2018 See All Example Sentences for outrace

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Verb

Video captured by a tourist on board a boat in northern Botswana showed the heart-pounding moment the vessel had to outrun a charging hippo.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026
Did Stevens outrun the final polls, in part, because some Democrats thought El-Sayed’s supporters were obnoxious?

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of outrun

Verb

The news quickly spread as yet another harbinger of AI’s promise—or threat—of outpacing humans to become a dominant, disruptive force in math and computer science.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026
As agents proliferate, these machine-to-machine trust relationships can quickly outpace the teams responsible for discovering, scoping, owning and rotating them.

— Eric Fourrier, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of outpace

Verb

As this report explained, this is largely thanks to its uncompromising quality standards and its insistence that each of its attractions outdoes its predecessors.

— Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
And while there are still comic artists and writers at small tables signing and sketching, and dealers selling original art out of binders in crates, a good chunk of the space is occupied by media and toy companies, trying to outdo one another.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026

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