arrowing

verb

Definition of arrowingnext
present participle of arrow
as in overtaking

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  1. outrunning
  2. accelerating
  3. galloping
  4. outstripping
  5. outpacing
  6. sprinting
Verb
  • Meantime, government spending is out of control, with expenditures outrunning the tax receipts by just under $2 trillion.
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • For one, by inserting Tillman, and shaving off some minutes for Porziņģis, Horford, and even Jayson Tatum, the Celtics should - theoretically - enter the postseason with far more energy, and fresh legs, providing them with an ample chance of simply outrunning their opposition.
    Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of outrunning
Verb
  • In 2021, to fuel its growth and success, the founders bestowed the honor of accelerating the company to Rich Berry, a business school graduate with extensive experience in brand management specializing in the frozen foods industry.
    Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, this cheap capacity led to some of the first national brands, and when globalization started accelerating in the 1970s, dominant American brands evolved into dominant global ones.
    Byrne Hobart, Big Think, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of accelerating
Verb
  • Horses galloping across the Western plains.
    Reuven Perlman, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The opening of the track's theremin sounds properly ghostly, while the chaos of the horseback laser fight gets clear directional imaging, giving the impression of galloping hooves directly in front of you, while blasts and explosions can be heard in the distance, to the forward-right.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of galloping
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  • 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
Definition of outstripping
Verb
  • Next year will be big for legacy bands, according to StubHub, with second-place Oasis outpacing The Eagles by almost 60% in ticket sales.
    Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • This quarter, however, the Russell has climbed more than 7%, outpacing the S & P 500′s 5% gain.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of outpacing
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  • That's when two other reporters come sprinting up to the phone booth.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The last two years have seen the Australian, who turns 17 in late December, draw comparisons to sprinting great Usain Bolt.
    Matias Grez, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of sprinting
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“Arrowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrowing. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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