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Recent Examples of outrace
The commanding heights of power are populated by pedestrian thinkers as technology, including artificial intelligence, continues to outrace moral or philosophical wisdom.
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 12 Dec. 2024
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
Ryan Hartman scored a power-play goal off a four-on-one with 5:06 to go, but Crosby outraced Faber to a puck in the neutral zone for an empty-net goal.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 10 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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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 12 Dec. 2024
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
Ryan Hartman scored a power-play goal off a four-on-one with 5:06 to go, but Crosby outraced Faber to a puck in the neutral zone for an empty-net goal.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 10 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
Verb
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Erin is outrunning some slightly unfriendly conditions for the next few days.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
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Has technology finally outrun the BSA, so much so that the law endangers what’s left of our Fourth Amendment protections?—
Norbert Michel,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Value-factor stocks also outpaced growth, while Nvidia slid and Apple advanced.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
16 Aug. 2025
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Through most of the summer, Matthew Wright has seemingly outpaced Fitzgerald by a small margin.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Aug. 2025
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The old girl one-upped a 42-year-old trout found in 1998 in Lake Superior.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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But Hoover remains locked up on state charges in Illinois — handing Trump an opportunity to one-up his Democratic rivals.—
Jeremy Busby,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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On her fifth attempt, the Olympic champion jumped 7.12 to outdo herself yet again.—
Katelyn Hutchison,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Built using huge amounts of computing power at a Tennessee data center, Grok is Musk’s attempt to outdo rivals such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini in building an AI assistant that shows its reasoning before answering a question.—
Matt O’Brien,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
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McGruder and Whiteside tallied the largest amount of votes in the 2024 Democratic primary in House District 35, outdistancing Demetris Johnson Jr. of Earle.—
Michael R. Wickline,
Arkansas Online,
26 June 2025
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Benjamin totaled 61 points, easily outdistancing Maclay (45) and Pahokee (37).—
Gary Curreri,
Sun Sentinel,
12 May 2025
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“Outrace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outrace. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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