Example Sentences

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The contribution limit of $5,000 annually makes this accessible as birthday and holiday gifts rather than traditional presents that get outgrown or spent.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

By then, the national story was one of disinvestment: deferred maintenance, fiscal crises, crime and a general sense that big public systems were what Europe did and America had outgrown.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Rather, the volume of manuscripts has outgrown the capacity of the people who are supposed to evaluate them.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

"Like a lot of new mums, it was just me and my baby in the four walls, and those walls started to get decorated with bags of my baby's outgrown clothes," she said.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

I had nearly outgrown the shame and the guilt and the sense of unworthiness.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston