as in to exceed
to go beyond the limit of
our expenses have been outrunning our revenues for some months now
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Recent Examples of outrun
And in a space as personal and culturally specific as mental health, the pressure to scale can easily outrun the evidence.
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Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The Timberwolves were outrunning the Jazz at home with a 23-9 advantage in fast-break points through three quarters, but couldn't sustain that effort in the fourth.
—CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
As the administration prepares for another year of governing—and another season of fiscal showdowns on Capitol Hill—the question is shifting from whether the debt is growing too fast to how long the world’s largest economy can keep outrunning its own balance sheet.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2026
The industry is still outrunning its early days, when investors like Blackstone went on buying sprees after the foreclosure crisis.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 13 Jan. 2026
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Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The Timberwolves were outrunning the Jazz at home with a 23-9 advantage in fast-break points through three quarters, but couldn't sustain that effort in the fourth.
—CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
As the administration prepares for another year of governing—and another season of fiscal showdowns on Capitol Hill—the question is shifting from whether the debt is growing too fast to how long the world’s largest economy can keep outrunning its own balance sheet.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2026
The industry is still outrunning its early days, when investors like Blackstone went on buying sprees after the foreclosure crisis.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 13 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outrun
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California’s cannabis tax revenue exceeded $500 million in the first half of 2025.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Naumov doesn’t enter with the same pressure as Malinin but has already exceeded expectations in his mind.—
Greg Rosenstein,
NBC news,
13 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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“Outrun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outrun. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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