outpacing

verb

present participle of outpace
as in overtaking
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 outpacing Cost burden – spending more than 30% of income on housing – is common among lower-income renters in Hazelwood, part of a national pattern of rising housing costs outpacing incomes. — Ira Goldstein, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026 The value of those holdings grew ninefold over the past year, outpacing tokenized funds and ETFs. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026 In Healthcare Workflows AI use is already outpacing the policies meant to guide it. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Here's that exact dynamic played out in the Cinebench test, with the M6 model notably outpacing the M5 Pro in single-core speed. — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026 Investors pummeled the drugmaker’s stock, underwhelmed by growth targets that matched industry averages rather than outpacing them. — Annika Kim Constantino,elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026 At the same time, celebrity testimonials are outpacing the evidence. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Republicans’ ad reservations are outpacing Democrats in eight of nine close Senate races, according to AdImpact data. — Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, as of June, the cryptocurrency industry had doled out $189 million to influence the 2026 midterms, which is outpacing its contributions in the previous election cycle, shows a study by Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group. — Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outpacing
  1. overtaking
  2. driving
  3. surpassing
  4. outstripping
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  • Pants that hang off the hips in a very low-effort way are overtaking high-rise jeans in popularity.
    — Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Based on his observations thus far, Spasojevic believes the burros could play an important role in the local ecosystem by grazing on non-native grasses and preventing them from overtaking native plants.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of overtaking
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  • In the employer market, more recent data suggest the volumes of prescriptions — which are proprietary — are driving up spending more than prices, although prices are still a factor.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
  • When the Vikings regained possession Minnesota gobbled up the clock, driving the ball to the 2-yard line before ending the game with the victory formation.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of driving
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  • The total tax credit could rise to 50% or more when combined with state incentives in places like California and New York — easily surpassing the incentives offered by other countries.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Chula Vista reached 99 degrees, surpassing the record of 90 degrees set in 2020.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of surpassing
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  • The deal would easily make Guevara the costliest single police scandal in Chicago history, outstripping the around $210 million spent so far on cases against former Cmdr.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Sentence lengths have increased in that time, keeping people behind bars for longer and outstripping the number of new prisons being built, even as overall crime rates have fallen during the last decade.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of outstripping

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“Outpacing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpacing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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