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outpace

[aut-pays] / ˌaʊtˈpeɪs /








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But he warned of stubborn bottlenecks in the AI and consumer electronics supply chains, with overall demand "still expected to outpace supply heading into next year".

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

Overall turnout appears on track to outpace 2020, or even 2018, which beat the 1914 record for overall turnout in a midterm election.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

“For one, it may be the strain of making ends meet. For the other, it may be the strain of one’s lifestyle and the expectations that often outpace a rising income.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

For real wages to go up, people’s earnings have to outpace inflation.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

I prayed that Death would not outpace my trusty friend.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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

These layoffs come as New York outpaces the San Francisco area in recruiting tech talent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

“This is a natural direction for Sony Interactive Entertainment to adapt to consumer trends as the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs,” said Sid Shuman, Sony’s senior director of content communications.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

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

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

The California rate has consistently outpaced the national rate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

Experts say the trend is a response to Japan's prolonged wave of inflation, with prices having outpaced wage growth for years.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

They then used 24 estimates of the world population stretching across the past 2,000 years to show that human numbers have in fact continually outpaced expectations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

He wrote that capital spending on AI has outpaced free-cash-flow generation, meaning that companies have needed to tap external financing for hardware purchases.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

The Crepuscule quickly outpaced the guns of impotent rage and continued reaching north.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

It was also outpacing some of state’s smaller counties, such as Humboldt, which had counted more than 25,000 ballots but had nearly the same amount left to process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Consumer prices keep outpacing the rise in average hourly wages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Uber said it has responded to those pressures by investing in driver acquisition, retention and reactivation in markets where demand is outpacing supply, a move it said has led to signs of improvement in October.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

CVS revenue was $108.4 billion, up about 5% from the $102.9 billion it reported in the same three months of last year and outpacing the FactSet estimate of $104.8 billion.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Heading west, we surge onward, outpacing the pack.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes


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