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
But analysts are concerned that AI investment is outstripping earnings.
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
None of these feel substantial enough to totally explain Showgirl outstripping Tortured Poets to such a degree.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
Iran faces water bankruptcy, with demand far outstripping supply.
—Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Because nationwide, property tax collections went up nearly 7% last year, easily outstripping inflation.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Comedy Series Freshman comedy Apple TV+’s The Studio had a record 23 nominations, far outstripping last year’s much-deserving upset winner Hacks, which has 14 noms this year.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
The premiums executives and boards embrace as a cost of the transaction become too high, outstripping the anticipated financial benefits.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Demand is outstripping the supply, driving up prices a little bit right now.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
What’s more, the jewelry category grew 7 percent in the first six months of the year, outstripping the industry average and confirming market share gains.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
None of these feel substantial enough to totally explain Showgirl outstripping Tortured Poets to such a degree.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
Iran faces water bankruptcy, with demand far outstripping supply.
—Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Because nationwide, property tax collections went up nearly 7% last year, easily outstripping inflation.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Comedy Series Freshman comedy Apple TV+’s The Studio had a record 23 nominations, far outstripping last year’s much-deserving upset winner Hacks, which has 14 noms this year.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
The premiums executives and boards embrace as a cost of the transaction become too high, outstripping the anticipated financial benefits.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Demand is outstripping the supply, driving up prices a little bit right now.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
What’s more, the jewelry category grew 7 percent in the first six months of the year, outstripping the industry average and confirming market share gains.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outstripping
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Virginia had at least 300,000 federal workers at the beginning of 2025, surpassing nearly all other states except Maryland.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Oct. 2025
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The researchers have transmitted wireless data at a speed of 938 gigabits per second (Gbps), surpassing the average speed of a current 5G phone connection by more than 9000 times.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Oct. 2025
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Sun pointed out that the resulting batteries demonstrated a potential energy density exceeding 500 watt-hours per kilogram at the cell level, a power level that could enable electric vehicles to achieve a much longer driving range per charge.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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Premium floor and pit sections reach higher prices, with floor general admission seats at select venues exceeding $500.—
Jenzia Burgos,
StyleCaster,
30 Oct. 2025
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New York — Build-A-Bear Workshop, the nearly 30-year-old toy brand, is having a breakout moment, eclipsing some of Wall Street’s biggest winners by targeting customers across a broad age range.—
Vanessa Yurkevich,
CNN Money,
10 Oct. 2025
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Streaming contributed 84,000 stream-equivalent sales to her total this week, eclipsing both Ed Sheeran’s Divide and her own previous studio album The Tortured Poets Department, both of which managed 79,000.—
Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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This recipe takes a simple pumpkin cake and turns it into a wonderfully decadent dessert with a creamy, spiced filling and whipped topping with caramel, toffee bars, and nuts.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
29 Oct. 2025
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In addition to topping leaderboards, our first party models, like Gemini, now process 7 billion tokens per minute, via direct API use by our customers.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Oct. 2025
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