outstripping

verb

present participle of outstrip
as in surpassing
to be greater, better, or stronger than before he had reached his teens, the child prodigy had outstripped his music teacher's abilities

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Recent Examples of outstripping In both North America and Europe, clean electrification and digital infrastructure are outstripping renewable additions like wind and solar. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026 The company has become one of the biggest winners of the artificial intelligence build-out, with demand for memory chips far outstripping supply. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026 By September’s end, GOP advertisers had more than doubled their spending compared with August, outstripping Democrats, according to tracker AdImpact. — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026 Part of our collective mounting dread is that this technology is far outstripping the ability, access, and time required to study its effects on human beings. — Laura Reiley, Vanity Fair, 9 Oct. 2026 The deal would easily make Guevara the costliest single police scandal in Chicago history, outstripping the around $210 million spent so far on cases against former Cmdr. — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 Sentence lengths have increased in that time, keeping people behind bars for longer and outstripping the number of new prisons being built, even as overall crime rates have fallen during the last decade. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026 Summary Global demand for critical raw materials like copper and silver is surging, far outstripping traditional extraction capabilities. — Rob Kaplan, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Despite this seemingly huge volume, demand for vintage clothing is currently outstripping supply. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outstripping
  1. surpassing
  2. exceeding
  3. eclipsing
  4. topping
Verb
  • Winter plays Hogan Young, the charming, cocky and ambitious son of the Vice President, who has every intention of following his father into politics — and ultimately surpassing him.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Stokes finished with three blocks and now has a WNBA Finals record of 14 in the four games, surpassing the old record of 12 by Brittney Griner and Sylvia Fowles.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of surpassing
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  • Bianco’s representative last week filed a claim for damages exceeding $10,000.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Apple's new foldable iPhone Duo is off to a strong start, with delivery wait times exceeding three months.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of exceeding
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  • The deal marked the first time an Orange County residential property crossed the nine-figure threshold, easily eclipsing the previous $70 million benchmark set three years before in Irvine Cove.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Across the broader ecosystem, major Republican organizations had roughly $1 billion available, eclipsing the $579 million available for comparable Democratic groups, according to a CNBC analysis of FEC filings.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of eclipsing
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  • Procter & Gamble, Lockheed Martin and CSX were among the latest companies to join the list of those topping profit expectations for the summer, and gains for their stocks helped limit the market's losses Thursday.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The union argues that income limits topping $500,000 in parts of the state make it more a tax break for the wealthy than an education program.
    — Lara Murray-Sterzel, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
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