outpaces

verb

present tense third-person singular of outpace
as in overtakes
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 outpaces Jassy told investors that once revenue growth outpaces incremental capex growth, the resulting cash flow and returns become compelling, CNBC reported. — Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 The aircraft, nicknamed Phantom Twist, rotates up to 25 times per second, a rate that outpaces how quickly our visual system can process sharp detail. — New Atlas, 17 July 2026 Those placements are increasingly valuable as demand in certain healthcare fields outpaces the supply of available medical personnel. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026 Public health departments can decide to confront the toll of alcohol, which outpaces that of opioids in most places, and develop marketing campaigns to oppose the overwhelming messaging from the alcohol industry. — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 14 July 2026 The surge even outpaces Micron Technology’s 700% rally over the same time, with makers of memory chips emerging as critical enablers of AI agents. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 6 July 2026 While caution is required as adoption outpaces oversight, AI scribes are often considered a boon to the health industry. — Stephanie Stephens, USA Today, 26 June 2026 That said, the strength seen in momentum stocks — many of which are tied to the artificial intelligence trade — far outpaces the rest of the market. — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 22 June 2026 The marketing often outpaces what researchers can confirm about how human pheromones function. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outpaces
  1. overtakes
  2. surpasses
  3. drives
  4. outstrips
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  • In Kurzweil’s version, the singularity involves an unmistakable break in which machine intelligence overtakes humanity and technological progress becomes impossible to predict.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 27 July 2026
  • But in most cases, the variant with the biggest edge overtakes the population.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
Definition of overtakes
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  • This level of opposition even surpasses the 53% who oppose building nuclear power plants in their local areas.
    — , CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
  • As Nancy Guthrie's status as a missing person surpasses the six-month mark, many are wondering what the future of the investigation will look like.
    — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of surpasses
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  • Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk was photographed wearing Normatec compression boots in the back seat of his car on post‑match drives home before becoming an official partner.
    — Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Emotionally powerful and also disorienting, Agazero’s shifting sounds on Dissidente are an invitation to reflect on what calls us to the dancefloor, as well as what drives us away from it.
    — Amanda Cavalcanti, Pitchfork, 31 July 2026
Definition of drives
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  • Saudi consumer loans grew ninefold since 2000, to 477 billion riyals — a pace that outstrips both population growth and GDP expansion.
    — Wael Mahdi, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
  • Her playful language scrambles to keep pace with a reality that forever outstrips it.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
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