OUTPACED Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

outpaced

verb

past tense of outpace

as in overtook

to go or grow faster than (something) Population growth has continued to outpace job growth for the last several decades. The demand for the product has outpaced the company's ability to produce it.

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Recent Examples of outpaced Experts say companies cut services because post-pandemic demand outpaced labor and capacity. — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 Rapid development in the Steele Creek area has outpaced infrastructure upgrades and caused bottlenecks throughout the day. — Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2026 FinOps emerged as a discipline precisely because consumption had outpaced oversight. — Daniel Fallmann, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 For the first time since LG H&H became an independent company in 2001, the Korean group’s sales in North America outpaced those in China in the second quarter. — Footwear News, 18 Aug. 2026 Ling bought her sunwear from China, part of a region that has outpaced the West in all things skincare. — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026 The state is often not an effective allocator of capital; in recent years, driven by government subsidies and centralised production goals, supply has massively outpaced demand in the real estate and green tech sectors. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 15 Aug. 2026 Third graders even outpaced progress made across all grade levels, with an increase of nearly four percentage points. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026 Critical need for testing and awareness The migration of ticks appears to have outpaced both awareness of the threats and the ability to test for the illnesses ticks cause, notably Lyme disease. — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026

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At times, the music overtook the gallery, completely captivating the attention of the room.

— Shi Bradley, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Bank of America Institute data offer some support, showing that wage growth for lower-income households recently overtook that of higher earners.

— Josh Wingrove, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026

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The average two-bedroom rent in the city has now surpassed New York City, traditionally the nation’s most expensive city for rents.

— Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
The government has spent nearly all of its full-year allocation for fuel subsidies already, after oil prices surpassed the $85 benchmark that the estimate was based on.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 17 Aug. 2026

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