outpace
verb (used with object)
to surpass or exceed, as in speed, development, or performance.
have outpaced
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present perfectof outpace.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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Muse’s cumulative U.S. downloads have outpaced other AI apps over a comparable post-launch period, Post added.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
One issue is that property prices have outpaced incomes across many decades.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Instead, rising funding costs have outpaced asset yield growth, squeezing its NIM.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
As job gains have slowed, consumption has instead been underpinned by strong real wage growth, i.e., wages that have outpaced inflation.
From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026
They have outpaced life, and their effort has something of superhuman perfection.
From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Fitzwater Wray
