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outpace

[out-peys] / ˌaʊtˈpeɪs /








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Such a development could compress years of progress into months or less and outpace humans’ ability to understand it, the authors said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

As employers brace for a fresh round of rising healthcare costs that outpace inflation, the stakes are getting higher for companies to contain spending on treatments such as popular GLP-1 medications for weight loss.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

And, he warns, it won’t just be 18 basis points each year — because absorption costs are convex, this depletion will accelerate if debt continues to outpace financial capacity.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

“But that’s how things have progressed, and the development of technology will always outpace the development of defenses against the undesirable effects of technology,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

I prayed that Death would not outpace my trusty friend.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

The number of Angelenos who die in traffic crashes now regularly outpaces those killed by homicide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

U.S. hyperscalers’ free cash flow is set to drop 2026-2027 as capex outpaces cash flow from operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

This rate of growth dramatically outpaces normal household expenses, medical care, and even housing over the same multidecade period, it says.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

Ashkanazi said on the call that when it comes to AI, "the demand still outpaces that investment".

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

She quickly outpaces me, and seconds later, I’m behind her by at least six feet.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

The renewables' build out has significantly outpaced transmission infrastructure, a point of major concern for policymakers.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Singh also noted that Oracle’s growth in deferred revenue, or money the company receives in advance of delivering on services, outpaced growth in reported revenue in the cloud applications segment for two consecutive quarters.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

The Pokémon card market outpaced both the S&P 500 and Bitcoin over the past three months, according to reporting from CNBC.

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026

Tuition that has outpaced inflation for decades has saddled students with high debt and yielded uneven returns on careers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

With a power of perception that far outpaced his era, Burnham recognized that the tiniest details would shape the way people judged the exposition.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Against that dystopian backdrop, goofball mechanical athletes may be doing something far more valuable for their creators than outpacing our greatest sporting achievements: They’re making machines relatable.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

Yet, the technology underpinning autonomous warfare risks outpacing the Russian and Ukrainian frameworks for maintaining some degree of human control over weapons.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

Car makers are spending billions to shift to electric vehicles and insist that government sales targets for EVs are outpacing consumer demand.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

He noted that growth drivers such as inference, enterprise AI and physical AI are still ahead, and that major AI-infrastructure companies have signaled that demand will likely continue outpacing supply into at least next year.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

He whips down the path, outpacing other players easily.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu




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