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 Sales across the category jumped 16% in 2025, significantly outpacing the 6% growth of the broader fast-casual segment. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026 Summary Travelers are rapidly adopting AI for trip planning, with over half already using it and 75% planning future use, significantly outpacing the industry. — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 And why small caps have been outpacing large caps, and why many parts of the investable universe are actually doing better this year than the megacap technology companies. — Sarah Min, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 Stablecoin settlement may increasingly operate within existing payment networks rather than replacing them, with infrastructure development currently outpacing transaction volume. — William Jones, Ascend Agency, 27 Aug. 2026 Menu adoption has grown roughly 42%, significantly outpacing traditional soda categories. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026 Over a decade ago, tablets were seen as the next big thing, briefly even outpacing notebook PCs in shipments. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026 In looking at Pittsburgh and Allegheny County data, homicides are outpacing last year's numbers. — Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 Simpson, running for his second and final term in office, was outpacing his opponent, a mechanic legally named Matt The Welder, by 40 points. — Liv Caputo, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outpacing
  1. overtaking
  2. driving
  3. surpassing
  4. outstripping
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  • That puts Brand New Day just $44 million shy of overtaking James Cameron’s Oscar-winning 1997 hit, something Brand New Day should easily manage in a week or so.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026
  • While Anthropic looks to be overtaking OpenAI at the moment, OpenAI is still solidly stitched into the fabric of the AI buildout, and analysts don’t think the company is going anywhere.
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of overtaking
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  • Economists can debate whether a top-15 economy should morph itself into a giant leveraged bet on the AI trade, one now driving growth to new highs rather than simply riding alongside it.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Still, several financial analysts have concluded that the prediction frenzy, with its sleek mobile apps and easy-to-understand odds, are driving the stock drops.
    — Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of driving
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  • Last year, the New York metro area’s tech workforce reached 394,300, surpassing the Bay Area’s 375,730, according to a report from CBRE.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Okta soared more than 20% after surpassing analyst expectations and reporting booming demand due to agentic AI.
    — Justina Lee,Alex Harring, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of surpassing
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  • Summary Global demand for critical raw materials like copper and silver is surging, far outstripping traditional extraction capabilities.
    — Rob Kaplan, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Each sides’ offensive capabilities now appear to be outstripping their air defenses, analysts say.
    — Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of outstripping

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“Outpacing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpacing. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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