Outstrip
verb
To perform better or go ahead of someone or something.
The new movie outstripped the previous one in both box office revenue and popularity.
Often appears as...
- outstrip competitors
- outstrip expectations
verb
To move faster or farther than someone or something.
The greyhound can easily outstrip most other dogs in a race.
Often appears as...
- outstrip rivals
- outstrip the competition
verb
To perform better or go ahead of someone or something.
The new movie outstripped the previous one in both box office revenue and popularity.
Often appears as...
- outstrip competitors
- outstrip expectations
verb
To move faster or farther than someone or something.
The greyhound can easily outstrip most other dogs in a race.
Often appears as...
- outstrip rivals
- outstrip the competition
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Competitive Edge
Use 'outstrip' to highlight a clear advantage or superiority in competition.
The software outstripped its rivals with innovative features.
Pro Tip 2/3Surprise Element
Emphasizes when performance is unexpectedly higher than anticipated.
Her sales numbers outstripped all expectations this quarter.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Outcome
Often conveys a sense of achievement or positive result.
The team's effort outstripped last year's by a large margin.
Pro Tip 1/3Competitive Edge
Use 'outstrip' to highlight a clear advantage or superiority in competition.
The software outstripped its rivals with innovative features.
Pro Tip 2/3Surprise Element
Emphasizes when performance is unexpectedly higher than anticipated.
Her sales numbers outstripped all expectations this quarter.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Outcome
Often conveys a sense of achievement or positive result.
The team's effort outstripped last year's by a large margin.
Pro Tip 1/3Competitive Edge
Use 'outstrip' to highlight a clear advantage or superiority in competition.
The software outstripped its rivals with innovative features.
Pro Tip 2/3Surprise Element
Emphasizes when performance is unexpectedly higher than anticipated.
Her sales numbers outstripped all expectations this quarter.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Outcome
Often conveys a sense of achievement or positive result.
The team's effort outstripped last year's by a large margin.
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How the bra was invented...
shoulder straps, and a chest band that clasps in back. At first, the bras are included with the sale of a dress, but the popularity of the undergarment soon outstrips that of the garment itself. The three establish a business selling exclusively bras and call it Maidenform.
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Kwabena Boahen: Making a...
just to keep all this data moving through the system. But nobody was really worried about this. When computers were first introduced, they were said to be a million times faster than neurons. People were really excited. They thought they would soon outstrip
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Alok Sharma: Why COP26...
And the move to clean technology is accelerating faster than anyone anticipated. I mean, let’s take the sale of clean cars and vans that outstripping predictions. Solar and wind power are now cheaper than coal and gas in most of the world.
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The gift and power of...
and yet we are not navigating this frailty successfully or sustainably. The World Health Organization tells us that depression is now the single leading cause of disability globally -- outstripping cancer, outstripping heart disease.
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The secret weapon...
Technology can help us, but it's not going to replace us. We're nowhere near where we can sit back and have our electronic avatar do our work for us. But the technology can outstrip our work. It can give us situational awareness.
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James Balog: Time-lapse...
It's not static. Particularly in the world of sea ice, the rate of natural change is outstripping predictions of just a few years ago, and the processes either are accelerating or the predictions were too low to begin with.
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Time-lapse proof of...
changes in the alpine world are accelerating it's not static particularly in the world of sea ice the rate of natural change is outstripping predictions of just a few years ago and the processes either are accelerating or
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The Rise of the Cali...
In raw profit, it now outstrips Boeing, Texaco, and Pepsi. WILLIAM They had so much power in those moments, they thought they were on the top of the world.
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Birds Hunt Mayflies for...
a nest in the banks of this river in Hungary they are here for the abundant insect life but as their chicks grow demand outstripped supply but in their
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Unbelievable Bird...
to nest in the banks of this river in hungary they are here for the abundant insect life but as their chicks grow demand outstrips supply
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How the bra was invented...
shoulder straps, and a chest band that clasps in back. At first, the bras are included with the sale of a dress, but the popularity of the undergarment soon outstrips that of the garment itself. The three establish a business selling exclusively bras and call it Maidenform.
Video examples
Kwabena Boahen: Making a...
just to keep all this data moving through the system. But nobody was really worried about this. When computers were first introduced, they were said to be a million times faster than neurons. People were really excited. They thought they would soon outstrip
Video examples
Alok Sharma: Why COP26...
And the move to clean technology is accelerating faster than anyone anticipated. I mean, let’s take the sale of clean cars and vans that outstripping predictions. Solar and wind power are now cheaper than coal and gas in most of the world.
Video examples
The gift and power of...
and yet we are not navigating this frailty successfully or sustainably. The World Health Organization tells us that depression is now the single leading cause of disability globally -- outstripping cancer, outstripping heart disease.
Video examples
The secret weapon...
Technology can help us, but it's not going to replace us. We're nowhere near where we can sit back and have our electronic avatar do our work for us. But the technology can outstrip our work. It can give us situational awareness.
Video examples
James Balog: Time-lapse...
It's not static. Particularly in the world of sea ice, the rate of natural change is outstripping predictions of just a few years ago, and the processes either are accelerating or the predictions were too low to begin with.
Video examples
Time-lapse proof of...
changes in the alpine world are accelerating it's not static particularly in the world of sea ice the rate of natural change is outstripping predictions of just a few years ago and the processes either are accelerating or
Video examples
The Rise of the Cali...
In raw profit, it now outstrips Boeing, Texaco, and Pepsi. WILLIAM They had so much power in those moments, they thought they were on the top of the world.
Video examples
Birds Hunt Mayflies for...
a nest in the banks of this river in Hungary they are here for the abundant insect life but as their chicks grow demand outstripped supply but in their
Video examples
Unbelievable Bird...
to nest in the banks of this river in hungary they are here for the abundant insect life but as their chicks grow demand outstrips supply
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Rachel Simmons
American Author
Despite girls' sparkling resumes - including rates of college enrollment and high school grades that outstrip boys - sexism is a barrier that still leaves girls ambivalent about power. Opening doors has not amounted to ambition to lead for many of them, even those with options, networks, and resources.
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Donna Shalala
American Public Servant
Higher education is one of few areas where this country competes with the rest of the world and wins. The best of American higher education outstrips any in the world. Look where the rest of the world goes for higher education, for graduate degrees. They come here.
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Janet Yellen
American Public Servant
For decades, the pace of technological change in manufacturing has outstripped that in the economy as a whole. And, so, firms - manufacturing firms - have found it easier to continue producing by - with - reducing their workforces.
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Robert Kennedy
American Politician
Where aspirations outstrip opportunities, law-abiding society becomes the victim. Attitudes of contempt toward the law are forged in this crucible and form the inner core of the beliefs of organized adult crime.
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Henry Kissinger
American Statesman
A leader who confines his role to his people's experience dooms himself to stagnation; a leader who outstrips his people's experience runs the risk of not being understood.
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Jeremy Corbyn
British Politician
Local authorities face huge housing issues with demands outstripping supply many times over; the only way those in housing need can be housed is in the private sector.
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Ilya Ehrenburg
Ukrainian Writer
Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.
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David Walliams
British Actor
Reality always outstrips fiction. Whatever you make up, something more incredible always pops up in real life.
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Travis Kalanick
American Businessman
There's a harsh reality to situations where demand outstrips supply.
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Friedrich August von Hayek
Austrian Economist
Intellects whose desires have outstripped their understanding.
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Rachel Simmons
American Author
Despite girls' sparkling resumes - including rates of college enrollment and high school grades that outstrip boys - sexism is a barrier that still leaves girls ambivalent about power. Opening doors has not amounted to ambition to lead for many of them, even those with options, networks, and resources.
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Donna Shalala
American Public Servant
Higher education is one of few areas where this country competes with the rest of the world and wins. The best of American higher education outstrips any in the world. Look where the rest of the world goes for higher education, for graduate degrees. They come here.
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Janet Yellen
American Public Servant
For decades, the pace of technological change in manufacturing has outstripped that in the economy as a whole. And, so, firms - manufacturing firms - have found it easier to continue producing by - with - reducing their workforces.
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Robert Kennedy
American Politician
Where aspirations outstrip opportunities, law-abiding society becomes the victim. Attitudes of contempt toward the law are forged in this crucible and form the inner core of the beliefs of organized adult crime.
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Henry Kissinger
American Statesman
A leader who confines his role to his people's experience dooms himself to stagnation; a leader who outstrips his people's experience runs the risk of not being understood.
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Jeremy Corbyn
British Politician
Local authorities face huge housing issues with demands outstripping supply many times over; the only way those in housing need can be housed is in the private sector.
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Ilya Ehrenburg
Ukrainian Writer
Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.
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David Walliams
British Actor
Reality always outstrips fiction. Whatever you make up, something more incredible always pops up in real life.
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Travis Kalanick
American Businessman
There's a harsh reality to situations where demand outstrips supply.
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Friedrich August von Hayek
Austrian Economist
Intellects whose desires have outstripped their understanding.
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