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outruns

  • present tense form of outrun (3rd person singular).

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Longer term, the opportunity could grow into something meaningful, Seigerman said, and if uptake outruns expectations, there is real upside.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Engineers call this problem the "memory wall," where processing speed outruns the chip's ability to feed it data.

From Science Daily Dec. 24, 2025

Stock-market booms always end the same way: Optimism outruns reality, capital floods in — then prices correct.

From MarketWatch Dec. 2, 2025

It’s a prime example of how food still outruns overall inflation in the European Union.

From Seattle Times Nov. 2, 2023

My pulse outruns the seconds, each beat bringing me closer to capture.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin