outstrip

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/ ˌaʊtˈstrɪp /

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verb (used with object), out·stripped, out·strip·ping.

to outdo; surpass; excel.

to outdo or pass in running or swift travel: A car can outstrip the local train.

to get ahead of or leave behind in a race or in any course of competition.

to exceed: a demand that outstrips the supply.

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Origin of outstrip

First recorded in 1570–80; out- + strip¹

Words nearby outstrip

outstanding, outstare, outstation, outstay, outstretch, outstrip, outstroke, outsung, outswear, outswing, outswinger

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How to use outstrip in a sentence

The move came as Fox’s ratings in that time slot had been outstripped by rivals.
Top Fox News managers depart amid Murdoch’s concerns over controversial Arizona election night projection|Sarah Ellison|January 19, 2021|Washington Post
Virginia and Maryland expanded eligibility for coronavirus vaccinations to include older residents on Thursday, while local officials across the Washington region continued to plead for more doses as demand outstrips supply.
Virginia, Maryland expand vaccine eligibility as Northam encourages schools to reopen|Gregory S. Schneider, Ovetta Wiggins, Erin Cox, Meagan Flynn|January 15, 2021|Washington Post
Since the District and parts of Virginia began vaccinating seniors Monday, demand for the vaccine has been outstripping what’s available across the Washington region.
D.C. leaders spar over coronavirus vaccine access for poorer residents|Julie Zauzmer, Rachel Chason, Lola Fadulu, Erin Cox|January 13, 2021|Washington Post
Ensuring the efficiency of that vaccination program is essential because demand is likely to outstrip supply globally for some time and, particularly in low-income countries, each dose will be precious.
How A.I. can speed up the COVID-19 vaccination drive|Jeremy Kahn|January 5, 2021|Fortune

New cases in prisons this week reached their highest level since testing began in the spring, far outstripping previous peaks in April and August.
Coronavirus is hitting prisons and jails hard—1 in 5 inmates has had COVID, and 1,700 have died|Bernhard Warner|December 18, 2020|Fortune
The man in me knows how macho imaginings usually outstrip reality.
What Guns Do, and What they Don't|Megan McArdle|December 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The speed of a good ambler in the paso portante is so great, that he will outstrip another horse at full gallop.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi
Since the Peace, the City has been very much augmented and embellished; so that there are few Towns that outstrip it.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II|Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz
It had survived the ravages of time; it had escaped the devastation of man, whose ravages outstrip those of time.
Rookwood|William Harrison Ainsworth
And Henry watched him disappear with a choking feeling that thus the nobleman was to outstrip him in life.
Duffels|Edward Eggleston
He is in hiding somewhere, for he knew well, black paynim as he is, that our horses' four legs could outstrip his two.
The White Company|Arthur Conan Doyle

British Dictionary definitions for outstrip

outstrip

/ (ˌaʊtˈstrɪp) /

verb -strips, -stripping or -stripped (tr)

to surpass in a sphere of activity, competition, etc

to be or grow greater than

to go faster than and leave behind

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