outraced

verb

past tense of outrace
as in outran

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  1. outran
  2. outpaced
  3. outdistanced
  4. eclipsed
  5. outstripped
  6. exceeded
Verb
  • Then Pulisic outran the defense and buried a goal off a pass from Ricardo Pepi.
    — Tim Rohan, NBC news, 1 June 2026
  • For decades, sales teams often outran product teams.
    — Lior Weinstein, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Definition of outran
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  • As a result, demand for AI-capable processors has outpaced production capacity, and prices for components at the chokepoints are spiking.
    — Lucas Laursen, IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2026
  • These earnings, which have outpaced his real estate business, have sparked concerns about potential conflicts of interest.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 July 2026
Definition of outpaced
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  • The Lancers outdistanced runner-up Classical Academy (367) and Los Alamitos (372), both of which also qualified for state.
    — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 29 May 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
Definition of outdistanced
Verb
  • This year, the usual backyard cookouts and fireworks are being eclipsed by once-in-a-generation celebrations marking the nation’s 250th birthday.
    — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
  • That power is not wholly spent, nor wholly eclipsed, by anti-democratic forces.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026
Definition of eclipsed
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  • Even before the new priority for children with autism, demand for swim lessons outstripped supply.
    — Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 1 July 2026
  • The companies have the financial resources to keep pouring billions into AI, Cramer said, but demand for compute infrastructure has outstripped supply, driving up the cost of critical components such as memory chips and networking equipment.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 30 June 2026
Definition of outstripped
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  • Between 2022 and 2024, public cash injections exceeded 10%of GDP, according to a study published last year by the Institute of Economics and Peace, an Australian think tank.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 2 July 2026
  • If the cost of tokens has already exceeded the cost of the employees they were meant to replace, when does the comparison start running in the other direction?
    — Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of exceeded
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