outpace
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of outpace
Explanation
To outpace is to move faster or to improve more quickly than someone else. A runner who outpaces everyone else will win the race. You can brag that your bicycle outpaces your friend's motorcycle, or comment that a six year-old easily outpaces her little brother at the playground. There are also companies that outpace their competition, by developing a new technology or product faster. Economists often talk about prices, sales, or growth that outpaces previous examples.
Vocabulary lists containing outpace
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Example Sentences
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“GIFT City has considerable ground to cover before it can outpace established global hubs,” comments Gayathri Parthasarathry, a financial services advisor at the firm.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
Her children are creepily strange and familiar at once, body-snatchers whose survival skills far outpace her own.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Anthropic’s latest model “presages an upcoming wave of models that can exploit vulnerabilities in ways that far outpace the efforts of defenders,” the company said in the leaked documents obtained by Fortune.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
In fact, Anthropic cautioned that the model’s more powerful cybersecurity capabilities will be able to “exploit vulnerabilities in ways that far outpace the efforts of defender,” according to the leaked blog post.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026
As usual, Emma is talking so fast that her words outpace her brain.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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