as in surpassing
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 outstripping
Meanwhile, supply is outstripping demand on the used market.
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Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
Demand is outstripping supply in areas like machine learning and robotics.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
The companies reported their factory’s private 5G Reduced Capability (RedCap) network will transmit internal inspection data throughout the facility, speeding up the inspection process and outstripping the performance of the factory’s previous Wi-Fi system.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Mar. 2025
In fact, its previous flagship, the RTX 4090, while eye-wateringly expensive at over $1,600, still sold well and at one point late last year even topped 1% market share in Steam’s Hardware Survey, outstripping every AMD discrete desktop graphics card.
—Antony Leather, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
The Energy Information Administration sees global supply outstripping demand growth over the next two years.
—Ben Geman, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
With the rapid growth of cloud services, 5G and AI, the demand for these facilities is outstripping supply.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Meghan Markle's new cooking show, With Love, Meghan, is already a ratings winner on social media, far outstripping both of Prince Harry's solo projects.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
In this case, the worry that the Soviet Union was outstripping the United States was valuable, catalyzing beneficial investments that undergirded a subsequent half century of American technological superiority.
—Jude Blanchette, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
Demand is outstripping supply in areas like machine learning and robotics.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
The companies reported their factory’s private 5G Reduced Capability (RedCap) network will transmit internal inspection data throughout the facility, speeding up the inspection process and outstripping the performance of the factory’s previous Wi-Fi system.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Mar. 2025
In fact, its previous flagship, the RTX 4090, while eye-wateringly expensive at over $1,600, still sold well and at one point late last year even topped 1% market share in Steam’s Hardware Survey, outstripping every AMD discrete desktop graphics card.
—Antony Leather, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
The Energy Information Administration sees global supply outstripping demand growth over the next two years.
—Ben Geman, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
With the rapid growth of cloud services, 5G and AI, the demand for these facilities is outstripping supply.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Meghan Markle's new cooking show, With Love, Meghan, is already a ratings winner on social media, far outstripping both of Prince Harry's solo projects.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
In this case, the worry that the Soviet Union was outstripping the United States was valuable, catalyzing beneficial investments that undergirded a subsequent half century of American technological superiority.
—Jude Blanchette, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outstripping
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The movie Wicked has officially become the highest-grossing Broadway adaptation in box office history, surpassing the movie musical Mamma Mia.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
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The 2024 edition marks the highest tally of all time, greatly surpassing Barack Obama’s previous record of 95,894 pages.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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Winston has continued to provide value in locker rooms despite not exceeding the big expectations that followed the 2013 Heisman Trophy winner to the NFL during his first five seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
The Athletic,
22 Mar. 2025
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Developing a liquid metal layer The extreme conditions within a fusion reactor, where super-heated plasma reaches temperatures exceeding those of the sun, pose a significant challenge to material science.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Mar. 2025
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But it's been about nine years since more than 30,000 backers flocked to the Kickstarter campaign—raising more than $1 million and eclipsing Polygons' $10,000 goal.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
14 Mar. 2025
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Shares are down nearly 12% in 2025, eclipsing the S & P 500′s 5% pullback during that time.—
Sean Conlon,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Outstripping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outstripping. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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