outstrip

Example Sentences

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Overall, jewelry is the best-performing category in the U.S. luxury market at the moment, and is outstripping sales of handbags and clothing, according to consulting firm Bain & Co.

From The Wall Street Journal

It also insisted that doubling the number of recruits would far outstrip the needs and could hurt the Swiss economy.

From Barron's

MOSE’s walls, costing 5 billion euros, about $5.3 billion, took so long to come together that the pace of climate change is already outstripping the projections they were built to withstand.

From New York Times

And in 2021 annual benefits outstripped both taxes and interest income, and Social Security began to deplete the principal balance.

From Washington Times

But reinsurance rates in South Africa are outstripping the global trend - in some cases tripling - as insurers grapple with an unprecedented claims load, six industry executives told Reuters.

From Reuters