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
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.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
McQuarrie’s feats lack the comic timing, composition, and emotionalism that cartoonist-director Brad Bird brought to the thrilling Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Ethan/Tom spider-walking the Burj Khalifa skyscraper and outrunning a dust storm, Paula Patton’s womanly catfight with Léa Seydoux).
—Armond White, National Review, 23 May 2025
But even the industry’s standard-bearer couldn’t outrun the cost trend.
—Seth Joseph, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
The familiarity becomes a feature rather than a bug on the windshield of the titular Plymouth muscle car that Holloway’s master getaway driver Jim Ellis uses to outrun all his problems.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
McQuarrie’s feats lack the comic timing, composition, and emotionalism that cartoonist-director Brad Bird brought to the thrilling Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Ethan/Tom spider-walking the Burj Khalifa skyscraper and outrunning a dust storm, Paula Patton’s womanly catfight with Léa Seydoux).
—Armond White, National Review, 23 May 2025
But even the industry’s standard-bearer couldn’t outrun the cost trend.
—Seth Joseph, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
The familiarity becomes a feature rather than a bug on the windshield of the titular Plymouth muscle car that Holloway’s master getaway driver Jim Ellis uses to outrun all his problems.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outrun
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In 2023, Luckin’s revenue in China exceeded what Starbucks made there for the first time, bouncing back from an accounting scandal that got Luckin booted from the Nasdaq in 2020.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
2 July 2025
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Despite Israel’s qualitatively effective defenses, an underlying quantitative war attrition was at play that threatened to degrade Israel’s position over time: Iranian stocks of MRBM-class missiles likely exceeded the number of anti-MRBM interceptors possessed by Israel (ie. Arrow-2 and 3).—
Sebastien Roblin,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The market could surpass those previous records on Friday or early next week, analysts told CBS MoneyWatch.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
26 June 2025
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Meanwhile, a 2024 forecast by Research and Markets estimates the digital education sector will surpass $80 billion by 2030, driven by microlearning and online skill monetization.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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“Outrun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outrun. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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