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Recent Examples of outrace
The commanding heights of power are populated by pedestrian thinkers as technology, including artificial intelligence, continues to outrace moral or philosophical wisdom.
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 12 Dec. 2024
For a Ferrari driver to get beaten, admittedly in his first Grand Prix, and to be outraced by Alex Albon in the Williams is a bit embarrassing, to be honest.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
Ryan Hartman scored a power-play goal off a four-on-one with 5:06 to go, but Crosby outraced Faber to a puck in the neutral zone for an empty-net goal.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025
The commanding heights of power are populated by pedestrian thinkers as technology, including artificial intelligence, continues to outrace moral or philosophical wisdom.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 12 Dec. 2024
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 12 Dec. 2024
For a Ferrari driver to get beaten, admittedly in his first Grand Prix, and to be outraced by Alex Albon in the Williams is a bit embarrassing, to be honest.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
Ryan Hartman scored a power-play goal off a four-on-one with 5:06 to go, but Crosby outraced Faber to a puck in the neutral zone for an empty-net goal.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025
The commanding heights of power are populated by pedestrian thinkers as technology, including artificial intelligence, continues to outrace moral or philosophical wisdom.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outrace
Verb
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In one of the movie’s most exciting scenes, Joel uses a gold 1979 928, and its potent V-8, to outrun a competitor in a Cadillac Coupe Deville.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
23 July 2025
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But in 2020, trying to outrun the COVID-19 pandemic, the Milwaukee music festival was moved to fall, with a three-day, three-weekend format.—
Chris Foran,
jsonline.com,
15 July 2025
Verb
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Rising expenses have outpaced state aid as the demand for evaluations and student services has only continued to grow.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 July 2025
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In such starts, Wheeler’s 1,000 strikeouts outpaced all NL arms by a margin of 91, at minimum.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
22 July 2025
Verb
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No posturing or one-upping, just people gathering to do the hard work of refining their value with peers.—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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Two teammates would one-up him over the ensuing couple of days, producing a pair of shutouts against the Royals.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
28 June 2025
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He was quickly won over by her performance, but her insistence on outdoing herself ingratiated herself to the filmmaker even more.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
18 July 2025
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Lil Uzi Vert wasn’t about to be outdone and dropped $30,000 on an Eliantte bracelet.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
17 July 2025
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McGruder and Whiteside tallied the largest amount of votes in the 2024 Democratic primary in House District 35, outdistancing Demetris Johnson Jr. of Earle.—
Michael R. Wickline,
Arkansas Online,
26 June 2025
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Benjamin totaled 61 points, easily outdistancing Maclay (45) and Pahokee (37).—
Gary Curreri,
Sun Sentinel,
12 May 2025
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“Outrace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outrace. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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