as in to surpass
to be greater, better, or stronger than
the new student rapidly outdistanced the rest of the class in math
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Recent Examples of outdistance
The changeup again graded out as MLB’s most effective pitch in 2025, just outdistancing the splitter, which for the second straight year has enough users to merit its own category.
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Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
9 Feb. 2026
Finally, here's a story about the S&P 500, which outdistanced most expert forecasts in 2025.
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Daniel De Visé,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
Galaxies outdistance all other visible objects.
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Big Think,
24 Nov. 2025
Sands’ 58 carries easily outdistance runnerup June Henley on KU’s all-time charts.
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Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for outdistance
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
9 Feb. 2026
Finally, here's a story about the S&P 500, which outdistanced most expert forecasts in 2025.
—
Daniel De Visé,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
Galaxies outdistance all other visible objects.
—
Big Think,
24 Nov. 2025
Sands’ 58 carries easily outdistance runnerup June Henley on KU’s all-time charts.
—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for outdistance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outdistance
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Organizers of celebrations months in the making had to adjust or cancel activities entirely as much of the East Coast sweltered under heat that approached and in many cases surpassed triple digits.
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With the more than 2,000-acre jump in size, the Aspen Acres fire has surpassed the 2012 High Park fire and sits behind the 2018 Spring Creek fire, which consumed 108,045 acres, according to the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control.
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And by the 12th year, this number rises to $113,000, exceeding the median salary for graduate degree-holders in the state, according to the data released by the UC’s Institutional Research and Academic Planning department.
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Revenue from golf and resort properties exceeded $500 million in 2025, rising about 15% from the previous year, according to the filing.
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This year, the usual backyard cookouts and fireworks are being eclipsed by once-in-a-generation celebrations marking the nation’s 250th birthday.
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That power is not wholly spent, nor wholly eclipsed, by anti-democratic forces.
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Second in Austria marked Verstappen’s best result of the season — bettering his third in Canada.
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Hale, meanwhile, switched parties last year, arguing that running as a Republican will better his chances at beating Moore.
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