overtakes

present tense third-person singular of overtake
as in catches
to move fast enough to get even with she had to hurry to overtake her friends, who had forgotten their umbrellas the thunderstorm overtook them suddenly

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Recent Examples of overtakes The Athletic has approached Formula One Management for the data from the Spanish GP regarding how many overtakes actually happened. — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026 Can a squad of scientists (including Kurt Russell) fight off madness and mayhem before the Thing overtakes them all? — Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026 In Kurzweil’s version, the singularity involves an unmistakable break in which machine intelligence overtakes humanity and technological progress becomes impossible to predict. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 27 July 2026 But in most cases, the variant with the biggest edge overtakes the population. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026 That figure overtakes the attendance record that has stood since 1995 and places Silverstone ahead of major global race weekends including Melbourne, Austin and Miami. — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Then, my wide-reaching smile — much better — overtakes my face. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026 As regenerative agriculture overtakes traditional organic labels in popularity, Lewkowitz highlighted the unique challenges American growers face. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 27 Apr. 2026 That way, no plant overtakes another. — Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overtakes
Verb
  • Life and social structures in remote river villages are rooted in summer fish camps, where the community catches, processes, and preserves the salmon that feeds them through the winter.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Participants step or jump off a platform more than 40 feet above the ground, experiencing a brief moment of free fall before the rope system catches them and slowly lowers them to the ground.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
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  • Six such accounts make up the series as Hojo chases the truth behind them.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
  • For anyone who grinds fresh every morning and chases single-origin lots, online talk about mold and mycotoxins in coffee tends to raise a practical question about how the stuff gets onto beans in the first place.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
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  • If his lead reaches the magic number of 125 this weekend, nobody will be able mathematically to catch him for the rest of the season.
    — Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Carpenter is hoping the investment reaches beyond the plant and gives more people in Braddock a chance to get ahead.
    — Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

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“Overtakes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overtakes. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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