as in to outrun
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Recent Examples of outrace
Doyle caught it in stride at St. Viator’s 40-yard line and outraced two defenders to the end zone.
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Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 21 Sep. 2024
Case reeled in the pass and then outraced everyone to the endzone for a 75-yard TD reception.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2024
American Cole Hocker pulled the upset of the Olympics on Tuesday night, beating his personal-best time by almost 3 seconds to outrace favorites Jakob Ingebrigsten and Josh Kerr for the title at 1,500 meters.
—CBS News, 6 Aug. 2024
Brindle, a 30-year-old father of three, ran but could not outrace the falling dirt.
—Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2024
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Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 21 Sep. 2024
Case reeled in the pass and then outraced everyone to the endzone for a 75-yard TD reception.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2024
American Cole Hocker pulled the upset of the Olympics on Tuesday night, beating his personal-best time by almost 3 seconds to outrace favorites Jakob Ingebrigsten and Josh Kerr for the title at 1,500 meters.
—CBS News, 6 Aug. 2024
Brindle, a 30-year-old father of three, ran but could not outrace the falling dirt.
—Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outrace
Verb
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In India, even the world’s most visionary filmmakers cannot outrun the inevitable intermission.—
Viren Naidu,
IndieWire,
24 Mar. 2025
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In most polls of June’s Democratic mayoral primary to date, Cuomo is outrunning Adams by a 3:1 margin.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Results show that current events top the list of negative mental health drivers, even outpacing crime and finances.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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The quantum executives said that even when their machines outpace Nvidia's graphics processing units (GPUs) at certain tasks such as understanding how atoms interact with one another, quantum machines will not replace traditional computers.—
Stephen Nellis,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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But whatever the method, the goal was always to delight and one-up each other.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
23 Mar. 2025
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But this device arriving potentially at the end of this year is a big deal, and is a one-up on Sony who well, does not have a portable PlayStation device.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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More players who consistently impact the game, so the team’s stars don’t need to outdo the MacKinnons and Makars of the world.—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Part of that can be put down to how the two clubs spent both 2021-22 and last season trying to outdo each other in the quest to finish top of the National League and League Two respectively.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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That 26-medal count, which far outdistances those of the United States and Canada, doesn't even include six podium trips for ROC and three for OAR skaters.—
David K. Li,
NBC News,
13 Feb. 2025
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Wellesley cruised to the team title, outdistancing Wachusett and Notre Dame (Worcester) easily.—
David Pollard,
Boston Herald,
29 May 2024
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“Outrace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outrace. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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