as in to exceed
to go beyond the limit of
our expenses have been outrunning our revenues for some months now
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Recent Examples of outrun
Moffa says the first step in navigating grief is to stop outrunning it.
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Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
For years, Victoria’s Secret tried to outrun its legacy of hyper‑narrow beauty standards with cautious rebrands and empowerment slogans that critics derided as box‑checking.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2026
Which is fine … if the team is scoring enough to outrun goals surrendered.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
The girl tried to outrun the turning bus before she was hit, video of the horrific incident shows.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
For years, Victoria’s Secret tried to outrun its legacy of hyper‑narrow beauty standards with cautious rebrands and empowerment slogans that critics derided as box‑checking.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2026
Which is fine … if the team is scoring enough to outrun goals surrendered.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
The girl tried to outrun the turning bus before she was hit, video of the horrific incident shows.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outrun
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Demand for copper also exceeds reserves, making Peruvian stocks the beneficiaries of existing structural and supply constraints.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
14 Mar. 2026
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Impact cratering is a short-time, high-energy geological event in which conditions are created that exceed conditions of nuclear bomb explosions.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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Whether robots ultimately surpass human sprinters or not, their rapid progress underscores a larger transformation, one where physical intelligence is becoming as critical as digital intelligence in the evolution of AI.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Mar. 2026
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Johnson then promptly loaded up with three early 3-pointers, surpassing his previous high for 3-pointers in a game.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Outrun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outrun. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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