outstrip
verb (used with object)
to outdo; surpass; excel.
has outstripped
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present perfectof outstrip (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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The growth in points has outstripped the rise in the winning margin as well.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
Tourism represents around 13 percent of the economy in the world's second most-visited country after France, whose dynamic growth has outstripped EU peers.
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
Stocks are back near records, recovering from a slump spurred by fears that the excitement about the artificial-intelligence boom has outstripped the potential profits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025
Nor does it always guarantee a hedge against inflation; in the two decades from 1985, it lagged inflation, in the two decades since it has outstripped it comfortably.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025
Madison, to-day, in opening to all her sons and daughters a Free Library, has outstripped every other municipality in the State.
From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Arthur Elmore Bostwick
