keep pace

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1. Also, keep up. Go at the same rate as others, not fall behind. For example, The teacher told his mother that Jimmy was not keeping up with the class. Shakespeare had the first term in A Midsummer Night's Dream (3:2): “My legs cannot keep pace with my desires.” [Late 1500s]

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keep pace

Consider withdrawing 4% to 5% of your retirement savings in your first year of retirement, then increasing that amount annually to keep pace with inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

Darling-Hammond described a system straining to keep pace with a changing economy, in which students increasingly move in and out of college and blend academic coursework with hands-on career training.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

At a high level, K3 feels confirmatory of Bernstein’s view that Chinese AI can keep pace with global state-of-the-art labs, and take some share over time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

"The limitation came from the deprotection chemistry, not from the silicon. That leaves a clear next step for the field -- develop a more direct acid-driven deprotection chemistry that can keep pace with the chip."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

I hurry to keep pace, allowing myself a small grin.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

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