as in surpassing
to be greater, better, or stronger than
before he had reached his teens, the child prodigy had outstripped his music teacher's abilities
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Recent Examples of outstripping
But now, the digital world shifts at a much faster pace—outstripping the thought capacity of our physiological systems.
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Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
In addition, technology sector earnings will likely grow at almost double the pace of the S&P 500 this year and are forecast to rise by about 20%, outstripping the S&P 500 again next year.
—Bill Stone, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
While Haul is only in beta version, demand appears to be outstripping supply.
—Katie Tarasov,devan Burris, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2024
Shares of the Cheesecake Factory have risen 43% this year, outstripping the S&P 500′s gains of 27% over the same period.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
The housing issue has been caused by ongoing cycle of supply outstripping demand, a condition that began in the early days of Covid and which has yet to be resolved.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
Well — rocketed up the sales charts, outstripping titles with much larger budgets.
—James Perkins Mastromarino, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
Net of interest earned on the government’s investments, the total was a record $882 billion, the third-largest outlay in the budget, outstripping all other items except Social Security and health care.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
The bank’s profit jumped 32% from a year ago, far outstripping the LSEG estimate and topping several other big banks’ income growth.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outstripping
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The movie Wicked has officially become the highest-grossing Broadway adaptation in box office history, surpassing the movie musical Mamma Mia.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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The 2024 edition marks the highest tally of all time, greatly surpassing Barack Obama’s previous record of 95,894 pages.Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Enterprises in stages three and four, on the other hand, had financial performance well above industry average — exceeding 10 percentage points.Joe McKendrick, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Crocs business continues to demonstrate strong overall performance, with a Q3 operating margin exceeding 25%, an impressive metric for a footwear company.Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Penn State has been an elite run defense all season, with only three teams rushing for more yards against the Nittany Lions this season than Boise State did — USC, Ohio State, Oregon — and only one other individual running back eclipsing 100 yards.Justin Williams, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
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But now, with two games to play, the Philadelphia Eagles running back is 268 yards from eclipsing the mark of Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson, who set the league record of 2,105 with the Rams in 1984.Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Outstripping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outstripping. Accessed 11 Jan. 2025.
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