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
Streetcar ridership had already been on the rise this year, vastly outpacing total passenger rides of previous years.
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Dylan Lysen,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
Enrollment at these facilities is far outpacing the population growth for seniors in the area, CBS News found.
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Laura Geller,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
This year marks the third year in which Ford has far outpaced its competitors in recalls.
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Keith Laing,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Sony described the move as a response to changing consumer habits in the broader entertainment industry, saying digital purchases now significantly outpace sales of physical media.
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Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for outpace
Dylan Lysen,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
Enrollment at these facilities is far outpacing the population growth for seniors in the area, CBS News found.
—
Laura Geller,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
This year marks the third year in which Ford has far outpaced its competitors in recalls.
—
Keith Laing,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Sony described the move as a response to changing consumer habits in the broader entertainment industry, saying digital purchases now significantly outpace sales of physical media.
—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for outpace
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Keeping his promise, Gaetjens began coaching them on a field in La Saline, a neighborhood that has since been overtaken by present-day armed gangs.
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The data also pushes back against the idea that short-form video has overtaken longer content.
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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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The abnormal heat has been driven by the onset of El Niño, a natural climate pattern characterized by unusually warm waters along the equatorial tropical Pacific Ocean.
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Congestion is difficult to predict, especially following the COVID-19 pandemic, when driving behavior shifted and peak traffic hours spread out instead of sticking to the more uniform 9-to-5 workday.
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“Outpace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpace. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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