outpace
verb (used with object)
to surpass or exceed, as in speed, development, or performance.
has outpaced
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present perfectof outpace (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Still, July marked the 18th consecutive month that the increase in grocery prices has outpaced headline inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Online fraud has surged in India in recent years as rapid digitisation has outpaced awareness of basic internet safety among many users.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Greater Manchester’s economy has outpaced the U.K.’s economic growth for nearly every year this past decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
State spending has outpaced California’s strong revenue growth by about 10%, creating a perennial budget shortfall, defined as a structural deficit.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
For almost a thousand years now the human race has outpaced its social and moral development with development in the physical sciences.
From Think Yourself to Death by Stephen Marlowe
