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Recent Examples of outrace
The man is trying to outrace his own irrelevance, but time always marches forward, our bodies always fail, there’s always a younger person snapping at your heels.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 May 2025
Opponents are figuring out how neutralize Miami by denying Messi and his attacking partners space to work their magic and outracing Miami players in transition.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 11 May 2025
For a Ferrari driver to get beaten, admittedly in his first Grand Prix, and to be outraced by Alex Albon in the Williams is a bit embarrassing, to be honest.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
The commanding heights of power are populated by pedestrian thinkers as technology, including artificial intelligence, continues to outrace moral or philosophical wisdom.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 12 Dec. 2024
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 May 2025
Opponents are figuring out how neutralize Miami by denying Messi and his attacking partners space to work their magic and outracing Miami players in transition.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 11 May 2025
For a Ferrari driver to get beaten, admittedly in his first Grand Prix, and to be outraced by Alex Albon in the Williams is a bit embarrassing, to be honest.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
The commanding heights of power are populated by pedestrian thinkers as technology, including artificial intelligence, continues to outrace moral or philosophical wisdom.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outrace
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The result is a fractured information ecosystem where virality matters more than truth, speed outruns verification and public understanding is shaped less by facts than by whoever captures attention first.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
1 Feb. 2026
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The logline we were given says that Anna is dealing with a huge loss and is trying to outrun her demons.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2026
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The Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio, consisting of 30 stocks, has a history of comfortably outpacing its benchmark, which includes all three indices—the S&P 500, S&P mid-cap, and Russell 2000.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Over the past year, the price has climbed 83%, far outpacing a 14% jump in the S&P 500 during that period.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
26 Jan. 2026
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They were locked in an aerial arms race, trying to one-up each other with more difficult tricks.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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For those with sensitive ears, over the next week NBA media coverage will blast the one-year anniversary of the worst trade in the history of professional basketball, a deal that still could potentially one-up the Boston Red Sox sending Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Jan. 2026
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Then again, who’s to say May won’t outdo him with more monster transfers?—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Not to be outdone by a property clearly inspired by George Lucas' space opera, LucasArts launched its own ambitious (and wildly successful) series of space sims.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Finally, here's a story about the S&P 500, which outdistanced most expert forecasts in 2025.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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Galaxies outdistance all other visible objects.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Nov. 2025
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“Outrace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outrace. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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