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
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.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2025
While Anna tries to outrun her demons, her focus turns to solving crimes that have taken place within national park grounds, no matter who or what gets in her way.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 12 May 2025
The vehemence reflected her own quest to outrun legibility, which propelled her beyond photo-text and into other orbits.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Beautifully played by Pullman as a sweet-natured, broken man struggling to outrun his troubled past, Bob is a complex figure through which the movie explores mental instability and the fight between light and darkness.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2025
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2025
While Anna tries to outrun her demons, her focus turns to solving crimes that have taken place within national park grounds, no matter who or what gets in her way.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 12 May 2025
The vehemence reflected her own quest to outrun legibility, which propelled her beyond photo-text and into other orbits.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Beautifully played by Pullman as a sweet-natured, broken man struggling to outrun his troubled past, Bob is a complex figure through which the movie explores mental instability and the fight between light and darkness.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outrun
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That deal could have reached as high as £89m (€100m) were subsequent clauses met; the amounts guaranteed on the sale of Wirtz have already exceeded that figure.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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Annual interest payments now already exceed $1 trillion, and JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has called it a red flag.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
20 June 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 3 Jul. 2025.
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