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
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.
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Miles Socha, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
Furthermore, the company continues to benefit from AI demand outstripping supply, alleviating concerns about potential pricing pressures.
—Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Demand for copper is expected to skyrocket over the coming years, dramatically outstripping supply amid the energy transition.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, supply is outstripping demand on the used market.
—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
Miles Socha, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
Furthermore, the company continues to benefit from AI demand outstripping supply, alleviating concerns about potential pricing pressures.
—Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Demand for copper is expected to skyrocket over the coming years, dramatically outstripping supply amid the energy transition.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, supply is outstripping demand on the used market.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outstripping
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World leaders and scientists hoped to avoid surpassing this threshold under the Paris Agreement.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile both warring parties have been accused of mass human rights abuses, with the death toll of the conflict likely surpassing 400,000.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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With a range exceeding 250 kilometers (155 miles), the HQ-9C is the backbone of China’s strategic air defense.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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The costs of certifying a building as exceeding legal requirements for energy efficiency, for example, are seen as high points not excesses because efficiencies serve another agenda.—
Roger Valdez,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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After all, Forbes reported that Swift’s Eras tour became the highest-grossing music tour of all time, eclipsing $2 billion in ticket revenues.—
Nathan Goldman,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Immigration has now become the dominant political issue in Britain, eclipsing concerns over a faltering economy, as the country faces a record number of asylum claims and arrivals by migrants in small boats across the Channel, including more than 28,000 this year.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2025
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Such heavy use exposes teens to a cascade of risks, with mental health impacts topping the list.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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New data has revealed the world's top dog-loving 35 countries based on the number of canines owned per capita, with Lithuania shockingly topping the list.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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