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 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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Verb

Alas, poor Bryan is about to learn the hard way that change — as the saying goes — is as hard to outrun as an ever-growing zombie rat king with 37 different limbs and a weirdly personal vendetta.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026
My own read, after two years of watching vendor roadmaps slip and then compress again, is that the hardware is still outrunning the software.

— Dax Grant, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of outrun

Verb

Companies must capture the benefits of AI without allowing adoption to outpace their ability to understand and govern it.

— Shane Buckley, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Amodei warned in his essay that AI was rapidly improving itself, through a process known as recursive self-improvement, which threatened to outpace humans’ ability to control it.

— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of outpace

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This also is a chance for Chicago to one-up New York, which, despite rebuilding its airports, has no such direct train at any of the three airports controlled by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
The smartest thing The Pitt did in its second season was not try to one-up its first.

— Samantha Highfill, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026

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