outpace
to surpass or exceed, as in speed, development, or performance: a company that has consistently outpaced the competition in sales.
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How to use outpace in a sentence
Clinics throughout the state have prioritized vaccinations for teachers, although demand for shots far outpaces supply.
South Africa and U.K. coronavirus variants detected in D.C.; Maryland to open third mass vaccination site | Erin Cox, Julie Zauzmer, Rachel Chason | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostWith recent changes in digital buying behavior, the Schneider Electric team quickly recognized that overall search volume was outpacing their investment.
Case study: Schneider Electric’s digital transformation through centralized search | Evan Kent and Kimberly Dutcher | February 11, 2021 | Search Engine WatchThe city’s needed funding for stormwater alone, that is, outpaces its unfunded need for all its roads, streetlights, sidewalks, parks and buildings combined.
San Diego’s Infrastructure Deficit Is Really a Stormwater Deficit | Andrew Keatts | February 8, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoIn Virginia’s Hampton Roads area, case rates hit an average of 83 infections for every 100,000 residents, outpacing the more populous counties in Northern Virginia that until then had driven the spread of the virus in the state.
900,000 infected. Nearly 15,000 dead. How the coronavirus tore through D.C., Maryland and Virginia. | Rebecca Tan, Antonio Olivo, John D. Harden | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostSome regression was expected after they outpaced expectations last season, but no one could have predicted that they would rank dead last in three-point percentage after more than 20 games.
How Luka Doncic’s Mavericks lost their joyful swagger and how they can get it back | Ben Golliver | February 3, 2021 | Washington Post
The assumption was that America would always be smart enough to outpace nature.
At the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, a Steady Drip of Toxic Trouble | Eric Nusbaum | February 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTEmmanuel offered them a raise that would slightly outpace inflation, which seems like kind of a good deal in this job market.
The prices paid for health care continues to outpace the prices paid for everything else.
With income inequality on the rise and an uncertain economic forecast, CEO compensation continues to outpace the stock market.
But more likely, he joins but does not outpace the top tier.
Each side endeavoured to outpace the other, with the object of surrounding the enemy's marching wing.
Ypres and the Battles of Ypres | UnknownThe gray fox was a mile from his burrow, and knowing that the red fox could outpace him, decided to fight for his booty.
Wild Folk | Samuel ScovilleThis was the situation when we set out for Nancy, our big car running slowly, in order not to outpace the rickety Red Cross cab.
Everyman's Land | C. N. Williamson and A. M. WilliamsonHenri, interest aroused, made it a point to outpace his companion.
Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in Germany | Horace PorterHe did not gain on me, it is true; but neither did I outpace him.
Miss Cayley's Adventures | Grant Allen
British Dictionary definitions for outpace
/ (aʊtˈpeɪs) /
to run or move faster than (someone or something else)
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