has been outstripping
- present perfect progressive of outstrip (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Spain has been outstripping its peers, recording 3.5 percent growth in 2024, and the economy is predicted to expand 2.9 percent this year -- more than double the eurozone forecast.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
Meanwhile, comments by Intel executives that demand has been outstripping supply “on the surface sounds encouraging,” Rasgon said in the Friday note.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2025
To a large degree, it’s the same force that’s pushing California housing prices into the stratosphere: Demand has been outstripping supply for some time now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2022
"The fundamental dilemma that we face ... is this: Demand, augmented by unprecedented fiscal stimulus, has been outstripping a temporarily disrupted supply."
From Reuters ● Oct. 27, 2021
Big reason: the non-Communist world's oil production of 49.8 million bbl. daily has been outstripping consumption of 48 million bbl. daily, a 4% oversupply that will continue to press downward on prices.
From Time Magazine Archive
