as in to overtake
to go or grow faster than (something)
Population growth has continued to outpace job growth for the last several decades. The demand for the product has outpaced the company's ability to produce it.
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Recent Examples of outpace
Room for Disagreement Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, warned of an impending recession, in part due to consumption outpacing wages.
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Democratic turnout surpassed expectations in the affluent and well-educated suburban district, outpacing the number of party loyalists who voted in the regular 2024 congressional primary.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
Elsewhere in California The three metro areas where wages outpaced rents accounted for 60% of the California population tracked by this study.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 6 Feb. 2026
In a rapidly warming world, warm temperature records have increasingly outpaced cold records.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Democratic turnout surpassed expectations in the affluent and well-educated suburban district, outpacing the number of party loyalists who voted in the regular 2024 congressional primary.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
Elsewhere in California The three metro areas where wages outpaced rents accounted for 60% of the California population tracked by this study.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 6 Feb. 2026
In a rapidly warming world, warm temperature records have increasingly outpaced cold records.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outpace
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Freezing temperatures have overtaken many parts of the country this winter, prompting people to crank up the heat in their homes.—
Alexandra Kelly,
Martha Stewart,
7 Feb. 2026
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The choral elements on the record shine most vividly on the title track, which features polyphonic swells of voices humming melodies, overtaking the piano, dropping and then rising again.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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SimpleImages/Getty Images Gold prices have been on a remarkable run over the past year, with the price of the precious metal consistently surpassing prior records and just recently climbing to historic levels above $5,000 per ounce.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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The media giant’s HBO Max and Discovery+ services delivered their strongest Winter Olympics streaming performance to date through the opening days of competition, surpassing both Beijing 2022 and PyeongChang 2018 benchmarks.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2026
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Immigration enforcement efforts in Oklahoma also have focused heavily on apprehending commercial truckers driving on interstate highways.—
Nuria Martinez-Keel,
Oklahoma Voice,
10 Feb. 2026
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Duren had the ball and was driving toward the basket with just over seven minutes left in the third period when he was fouled by Diabate.—
Steve Reed,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Outpace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpace. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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