OUTRACE Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

outrace

verb

Definition of outrace

as in to outrun

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Dissimilar Words

lose (to)

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Recent Examples of outrace Navarro outraced the defense to a through ball played ahead by Paxten Aaronson and beat goalkeeper Drake Callender one on one from near the penalty spot to give the Rapids a 1-0 lead. — CBS News, 13 May 2026 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 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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Goldman is part of the Wall Street consortium that has committed to raising $500 billion to help Nvidia finance the AI buildout, an alliance that will allow the company’s ambitions to outrun even its own healthy balance sheet.

— Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2026
Prices are outrunning paychecks For many Gen Z voters, affording even the essentials has become nearly impossible.

— Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of outrun

Verb

Those who manufacture TVs are constantly seeking new ways to one-up their competitors, either through unique design or unmatchable image quality.

— Justin Pot, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Alongside Kardashian, Watts, Nash-Betts and Paulson, the series stars Teyana Taylor, Matthew Noszka and Glenn Close, who all one-up each other with deliriously absurd lines of dialogue.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of one-up

Verb

Within a matter of months, sometime in the 1990s, an eight-year-old could match or outdo my research skills.

— Carol Felsenthal, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
After a great success, there’s a tendency to get really rigid and stiff because everyone wants to outdo the success of the previous film.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of outdo

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