as in exceeded
to go beyond the limit of
our expenses have been outrunning our revenues for some months now
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Recent Examples of outran
Then Pulisic outran the defense and buried a goal off a pass from Ricardo Pepi.
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Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
1 June 2026
For decades, sales teams often outran product teams.
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Lior Weinstein,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Counting Stars has gone off as the favorite in three of her last four starts and outran her 11-1 odds in a second in the Grade 3 Honeybee.
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Geoff Clark Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
Buck’s Boy outran a stellar field of European and North American grass horses to take the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Turf in 1998 and was voted North America’s champion male turf horse.
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Neil Milbert,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
Reuters noted that earlier this month, robots in Beijing outran human runners in a half-marathon race.
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Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
Humanoid robots outran the fastest human competitors while surpassing the human world record during a half-marathon event held in Beijing on April 19.
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Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
20 Apr. 2026
Lightning also outran the previous champion robot, by almost two hours.
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Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
19 Apr. 2026
In the 32nd minute, Jónsdóttir once again outran Anderson down the left sideline to create another breakaway.
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Harold Gutmann,
Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2026
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
1 June 2026
For decades, sales teams often outran product teams.
—
Lior Weinstein,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Counting Stars has gone off as the favorite in three of her last four starts and outran her 11-1 odds in a second in the Grade 3 Honeybee.
—
Geoff Clark Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
Buck’s Boy outran a stellar field of European and North American grass horses to take the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Turf in 1998 and was voted North America’s champion male turf horse.
—
Neil Milbert,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
Reuters noted that earlier this month, robots in Beijing outran human runners in a half-marathon race.
—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
Humanoid robots outran the fastest human competitors while surpassing the human world record during a half-marathon event held in Beijing on April 19.
—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
20 Apr. 2026
Lightning also outran the previous champion robot, by almost two hours.
—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
19 Apr. 2026
In the 32nd minute, Jónsdóttir once again outran Anderson down the left sideline to create another breakaway.
—
Harold Gutmann,
Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outran
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The county did not clarify if the mixing zone had been exceeded.
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Spending in California has generally exceeded revenue growth during Newsom’s tenure in the governor’s office, creating a chronic shortfall.
Verb
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The search has now surpassed the first 72 hours –– the most critical window for finding survivors.
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But, in the decades that followed, other cities caught up and eventually surpassed New York; one of them was Ibiza, where clubs like Pacha showed vacationing Europeans how to rave all night.
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