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outstrip

verb as in surpass

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There, "the number of migrants is far outstripping the resources that are available to support those who are in need", Pope said.

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Meanwhile, comments by Intel executives that demand has been outstripping supply “on the surface sounds encouraging,” Rasgon said in the Friday note.

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The big drop in BNP Paribas's shares in afternoon Paris trading outstripped a decline for other French banks, which sank around one percent.

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More than 4.6 million foreign tourists visited Bali from January to August this year, outstripping the island's native population of 4.4 million.

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In “Great Power Diplomacy,” A. Wess Mitchell offers a compelling argument for diplomacy as a strategic tool when challenges outstrip the resources available to meet them.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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