as in exceeded
to be greater, better, or stronger than
before he had reached his teens, the child prodigy had outstripped his music teacher's abilities
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Recent Examples of outstripped
The 19 Florida executions that year outstripped the previous high totals of eight in both 1984 and 2014.
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Freida Frisaro, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026
Anthropic dropped its pledge to pause development if the capability of its AI models far outstripped safety research.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 25 Feb. 2026
Meta delayed the international rollout of Meta Ray-Ban Display frames in January, after US demand outstripped supply.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
If anyone was shocked by how demand outstripped supply with this set, the irony was inescapable.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
Dončić, for example, his talent identified as a 12-year-old, was rapidly advanced through the club system before being encouraged to move abroad, aged 16, once his talent outstripped the system.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Its reservoirs have dropped dramatically as drought has persisted and water use has outstripped the shrinking supply.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
In that same six-year period, its trajectory far outstripped the still alarming surges in Medicare (25%) and Medicaid (32%), not to mention national defense (7%).
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
Evidence of a rapid growth in cities between the twelfth and eighth centuries BCE and of food shortages as early as the tenth century BCE suggests that the population may have outstripped the productivity of the land.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
Freida Frisaro, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026
Anthropic dropped its pledge to pause development if the capability of its AI models far outstripped safety research.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 25 Feb. 2026
Meta delayed the international rollout of Meta Ray-Ban Display frames in January, after US demand outstripped supply.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
If anyone was shocked by how demand outstripped supply with this set, the irony was inescapable.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
Dončić, for example, his talent identified as a 12-year-old, was rapidly advanced through the club system before being encouraged to move abroad, aged 16, once his talent outstripped the system.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Its reservoirs have dropped dramatically as drought has persisted and water use has outstripped the shrinking supply.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
In that same six-year period, its trajectory far outstripped the still alarming surges in Medicare (25%) and Medicaid (32%), not to mention national defense (7%).
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
Evidence of a rapid growth in cities between the twelfth and eighth centuries BCE and of food shortages as early as the tenth century BCE suggests that the population may have outstripped the productivity of the land.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outstripped
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The value of your deduction is reduced above those thresholds, but it will be disallowed if your MAGI exceeded $149,000 ($249,000 for joint filers).—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN Money,
21 Mar. 2026
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Sri Lanka’s Mogo Studios, another first-time exhibitor, said the market exceeded expectations.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2026
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The Brand New Day trailer surpassed Deadpool & Wolverine’s 24-hour benchmark in just eight hours with a remarkable 373 million views.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2026
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Earlier this week, diesel surpassed $5 a gallon for the first time since 2022.—
Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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That’s equivalent to Dak Prescott’s $60 million being eclipsed by a $90 million quarterback.—
Jacob Robinson,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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That broke the previous record of 280,000 held by Tijuana’s Grupo Firme — and also eclipsed the attendance at Zócalo shows by Paul McCartney, Shakira, Roger Waters, Rosalía and Justin Bieber.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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In addition to 19,271 ballots cast early at in-person polling locations and 13,324 ballots received so far by mail, the county had topped 50,000 votes and counting on Tuesday afternoon, according to the numbers provided by Cunningham.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Inflation as measured by the separate Consumer Price Index topped 9% that month, the fastest pace since 1981, when the Fed was in the process of taming an even worse unmooring of prices.—
Howard Schneider,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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