outrace
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of outrace
Example Sentences
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The National Trust said earlier this month that the administration was "working around the clock in an attempt to outrace judicial review."
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Betting on James is betting that he will continue to outrace the aging process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2023
Cornell researchers combined soft microactuators with high-energy-density chemical fuel to create an insect-scale quadrupedal robot that is powered by combustion and can outrace, outlift, outflex and outleap its electric-driven competitors.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2023
They'll leave parties early, desperate to outrace the clock and get a kid to their own bed in time.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2023
I’ve got to get ahead of Jay, outrace the current.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
He outraced the West Coast’s traditional powers and reached a national championship game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Out-qualified and outraced by team-mate Ocon during a painful weekend for Haas.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Vaughn dove, gloved the ball and narrowly outraced Bauers to the bag to preserve a 2-0 Chicago lead.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
When Morata outraced defender Niklas Süle and ticked it up and in just inside the left post, Germany looked somewhere close to hopeless.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2022
Swift as a deer he outraced them, Quiet as a fox he ran, He thumbed his nose as they blundered, He laughed to beat the band.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
He began experimenting with a sewing machine and, in 1846, introduced a foot-powered model that could sew 250 stitches a minute, outracing the fastest human hands by a factor of five.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
But in certain situations -- outracing or outmaneuvering a predator, for example -- the ratios of those periods change drastically.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2023
This is about chasing a title while LeBron James still is outracing time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2023
Their two bullets flew across the open fields, outracing the speed of sound.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2022
We can keep out of his way," said the colonel, "but, next thing to outracing Great Bear, I want to get a sight of Tetzcatl.
From The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo by William O. Stoddard
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