keep pace with

VERB

equal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amount to break even compare comprise correspond match reach

STRONG

agree approach balance coordinate emulate equalize equate equipoise level meet parallel rival tally tie touch

WEAK

be commensurate be identical be level be tantamount come up to consist of equiponderate live up to measure up partake of rank with rise to run abreast square with

Antonyms

STRONGEST

differ fail

STRONG

disagree disconnect disproportion imbalance separate

WEAK

unmatch vary

Example Sentences

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Workers asked for a wage increase of more than 4% for the next year of their contract to keep pace with inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Inspectors found that staffing levels failed to keep pace with the growing numbers of detainees, particularly at the California City and Adelanto facilities.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

For Anthropic in particular, computing constraints have caused outages and forced it to throttle users, while OpenAI’s Codex is rapidly gaining popularity, adding pressure as Anthropic struggles to keep pace with its own growth.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Incomes also rose 0.6%, but failed to keep pace with inflation in the month.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

On the first few I was able to keep pace with Lu, Mikey, and Aaron, and on the fourth, I decided to prove a point and turned the jets on.

From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds

keep pace with

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