outstrip

[out-strip]

verb (used with object)

outstripped, outstripping 

1. to outdo; surpass; excel.

2. to outdo or pass in running or swift travel.

   A car can outstrip the local train.

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

4. to exceed.

   a demand that outstrips the supply.

outstrip

/ ˌaʊtˈstrɪp /

verb

1. to surpass in a sphere of activity, competition, etc

2. to be or grow greater than

3. to go faster than and leave behind

Word History and Origins

Origin of outstrip¹

First recorded in 1570–80; out- + strip ¹

Example Sentences

And while the country’s GDP growth for the next few years, expected around 3%, is higher than other European peers, the fiscal demands of maintaining the advanced weapons systems could outstrip Poland’s defense budget.

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Nvidia’s most advanced chips are often on allocation, Gold told MarketWatch, meaning that OpenAI and its other customers are limited in how many chips they can buy since demand is outstripping supply.

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Altman said the fate of many companies would increasingly be linked as demand for AI services, along with the computing and infrastructure needs that accompany them, is set to far outstrip supply.

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By 2007, with demand for the visa outstripping the available spots, the U.S. government introduced a lottery system to award them.

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Her popularity outstrips every other player in the tournament.

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Related Words

• exceed 
• outdo 
• overtake 
• transcend