outrun
verb (used with object)
to run faster or farther than.
are outrunning
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present progressiveof outrun.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“Companies’ ambitions for truly autonomous agents are outrunning governance infrastructure, signaling that leaders need to act now to meaningfully benefit from this trend down the line.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
“In effect, your decisions are outrunning your ability to learn from the data.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2022
But you find also that because of inflation, people's needs are outrunning their income.
From Time Magazine Archive
Or, if we are outrunning the beam, we won't see him at all.
From Triplanetary by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
