as in to outrun
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Recent Examples of outrace
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.
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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
But at the end of the day, Republicans are very worried about the fact that Democrats just completely keep outracing them.
—ABC News, 22 Sep. 2024
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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
But at the end of the day, Republicans are very worried about the fact that Democrats just completely keep outracing them.
—ABC News, 22 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outrace
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In the most ludicrous, the detectives drive through narrow streets chasing Kat, Marlon and Hugh, who are trying to outrun them on rental bikes.—
Caryn James,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2025
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And their image – massive, mysterious, and extinct – reminds us of the fragility of life on islands, where evolution often runs wild but cannot always outrun human presence.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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Imax is riding high in China with box office numbers up 106% year-over-year through May, significantly outpacing the overall Chinese exhibition industry’s 27% growth.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 June 2025
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In-house now outpaces Big Law as a percentage of total legal spend, a reflection of corporate buyers’ search for alternatives to the legacy firm model.—
Mark A. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Two teammates would one-up him over the ensuing couple of days, producing a pair of shutouts against the Royals.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
28 June 2025
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But after the 2021 show blew up and caught the attention of audiences worldwide, Netflix and the show’s creator have been working to one-up their initial offering, in hopes of expanding the legacy the series has created.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 June 2025
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Not to be outdone, competitor Gulfstream’s flagship G700 made its own record run from San Francisco to Paris Le Bourget in nine hours and 26 minutes.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
18 June 2025
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Intel's integrated graphics are currently the best, outdoing AMD and Qualcomm's solutions.—
Luke Larsen,
Wired News,
15 June 2025
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After going 2-1 in league duals, University outdistanced eventual state champion Northwood and defending league champion Portola to claim the league finals meet with 718 points.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
4 June 2025
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The Wildcats set two of the six records on the track and used consistency up and down their roster to outdistance a talented Old Rochester squad by 15 points.—
Matt Roy,
Boston Herald,
18 May 2025
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“Outrace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outrace. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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