as in to exceed
to go beyond the limit of
our expenses have been outrunning our revenues for some months now
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Recent Examples of outrun
To have any hope of outrunning the spectral presence, the player must commit a serpentine route to memory.
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Lewis Gordon, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
My actor outran my human being.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
Of course, misogyny is still there—no one can outrun it—but there is safety and comfort in knowing that looking a certain way brings us benefits.
—Dalina Soto, refinery29.com, 18 Mar. 2025
The price for this ability to outrun inflation by a sizable margin and compound wealth has been periods of painful and unforeseeable declines.
—Bill Stone, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
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Lewis Gordon, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
My actor outran my human being.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
Of course, misogyny is still there—no one can outrun it—but there is safety and comfort in knowing that looking a certain way brings us benefits.
—Dalina Soto, refinery29.com, 18 Mar. 2025
The price for this ability to outrun inflation by a sizable margin and compound wealth has been periods of painful and unforeseeable declines.
—Bill Stone, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for outrun
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“Outrun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outrun. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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