outraced

verb

past tense of outrace
as in outran

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  1. outran
  2. outpaced
  3. outdistanced
  4. eclipsed
  5. outstripped
  6. exceeded
Verb
  • Worthy outran Kader Kohou for a score that got a rise from the fans in attendance.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • In the $200,000 San Clemente Handicap 35-1 longshot Somerset West (Armando Ayuso) outran nine other 3-year-old fillies, including three formidable challengers who shipped in from the east.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of outran
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  • Third graders even outpaced progress made across all grade levels, with an increase of nearly four percentage points.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Inflation eased slightly last month, but price hikes still outpaced wage growth.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of outpaced
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  • Perennial champ Joey Chestnut far outdistanced the field with 66 dogs officially consumed.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 4 July 2026
  • The Lancers outdistanced runner-up Classical Academy (367) and Los Alamitos (372), both of which also qualified for state.
    — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
Definition of outdistanced
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  • Neighbouring Devon should also encounter a high percentage of coverage, while people in Pembrokeshire, Wales, are set to see up to 94% of the sun eclipsed.
    — Callum Sutherland, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
  • However, what's been largely overlooked is the scale of the partially eclipsed sunset across Europe and northwest Africa.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of eclipsed
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  • The moment the number of pages outstripped the number of people who could reasonably classify them, the future belonged to crawlers and ranking systems.
    — Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • That overwhelming demand for data center buildouts has vastly outstripped the industry’s ability to supply it.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of outstripped
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  • On his 2017 tax return, Krneta reported $321,000 in net income, even though his total income, which included about $4,000 derived from criminal activity, exceeded $400,000, the plea stated.
    — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Soil samples from the two elementary school campuses, City Terrace and Christopher Dena, exceeded the applicable regulatory screening levels of lead, which were flagged for further evaluation.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of exceeded
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