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Outstrip is an English word with synonyms like surpass or outdistance. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Outstrip in a sentence

Outstrip meaning

  1. To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind.
  2. To exceed or surpass (someone or something).
  3. To exceed or overstep (a boundary or limit); to transgress.

Using Outstrip

  • The main meaning on this page is: To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind. | To exceed or surpass (someone or something). | To exceed or overstep (a boundary or limit); to transgress.
  • Useful related words include: surpass, outdistance, vanquish, trounce.
  • In the example corpus, outstrip often appears in combinations such as: will outstrip, far outstrip, to outstrip.

Context around Outstrip

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 11 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Outstrip

  • In this selection, "outstrip" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, far, usually, electrics, supply, revenues and average stand out and add context to how "outstrip" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include alive far outstrip those of and australia would outstrip britain in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "outstrip" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with outstrip

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Richard influenced legions of performers whose fame would eventually outstrip his own. (12 words)

Soldiers are sending home salaries that usually outstrip average local earnings several times. (13 words)

As inflation is thought to have peaked, this means earnings should outstrip prices soon. (14 words)

Representatives of Scotland’s £1.3 billion seafood industry are laying plans to join global efforts to extract more value for the sector following an Icelandic initiative that has seen the price of fish skins outstrip that of the flesh that is eaten. (43 words)

In the book The Romulan Way by Diane Duane and Peter Morewood set in the 23rd century, it is implied that the Federation's resources far outstrip the Romulans, and in any conflict, the Federation would prevail by sheer weight of numbers. (42 words)

Gandhiji was deeply pained by the growing canker of communalism in the island, but he held out the hope that if the Ceylonese adhered to the Master’s teachings, to quote Gandhiji again, you “can outstrip us and set an example”. (41 words)

Example sentences (19)

Both Mr Emerson and Ms Sheehy told the PA news agency that they expect this situation to carry on, as demand for tenancies continues to outstrip supply.

By the Corps’ own estimates, the cost of hydropower over the next 30 years will outstrip revenues from electricity customers by more than $700 million.

Soldiers are sending home salaries that usually outstrip average local earnings several times.

The issue is that the financial forecast is projecting that our cost will outstrip our income and that's where that issue is.

Under former CEO Akio Toyoda, the founder's grandson who became chairman on Apr 1 when Sato took the top job, Toyota saw global demand for battery electrics outstrip its modest estimates.

Representatives of Scotland’s £1.3 billion seafood industry are laying plans to join global efforts to extract more value for the sector following an Icelandic initiative that has seen the price of fish skins outstrip that of the flesh that is eaten.

Richard influenced legions of performers whose fame would eventually outstrip his own.

Studies show bilingual children outstrip their monoglot counterparts in cognitive tests and these advantages extend into later life with bilingualism linked to the delayed onset of dementia and better recovery after a stroke.

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Under its scenario, the IEA anticipates low carbon sources to “far outstrip” coal-fired generation globally.

With the pandemic benefit, seekers far outstrip the capacity of the state's jobless benefit system to accept claims.

Gandhiji was deeply pained by the growing canker of communalism in the island, but he held out the hope that if the Ceylonese adhered to the Master’s teachings, to quote Gandhiji again, you “can outstrip us and set an example”.

Indeed, as the “drone wars” begin and expand, uses by both China and the U.S. will outstrip existing international law and ‘rules’.

Indeed, investors in LNG terminals must bet that either no deal will come to pass or that Philippine energy demand will outstrip any potential offshore production in the South China Sea.

As inflation is thought to have peaked, this means earnings should outstrip prices soon.

However, the energy needs required to keep humans alive far outstrip those of robotic explorers.

Despite this, a number of writers "imagined a time when Australia would outstrip Britain in wealth and importance, when its open spaces would support rolling acres of farms and factories to match those of the United States.

He feared that population growth would tend to outstrip growth in food production, leading to ever-increasing famine and poverty (see Malthusian catastrophe ).

In the book The Romulan Way by Diane Duane and Peter Morewood set in the 23rd century, it is implied that the Federation's resources far outstrip the Romulans, and in any conflict, the Federation would prevail by sheer weight of numbers.

New South Wales continued to outstrip Victoria as the centre of industry, and increasingly of finance and trade as well.

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Common combinations with outstrip

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "outstrip" in a sentence?
An example: "Both Mr Emerson and Ms Sheehy told the PA news agency that they expect this situation to carry on, as demand for tenancies continues to outstrip supply." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "outstrip" from authentic English texts.
What does "outstrip" mean?
Outstrip means: To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind.
What are synonyms of "outstrip"?
Common synonyms of "outstrip" include: surpass, outdistance, vanquish, trounce, shell, crush, beat out, beat. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "outstrip" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "outstrip", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.