How to Use outstrip in a Sentence

outstrip

verb
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  • The fullback outstripped the defenders and scored a touchdown.
  • The new hotel outstrips all other hotels in the area in size and luxury.
  • The increases are the result of births outstripping deaths.
    — Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • At his side at the air meet was his 8-year-old granddaughter Florence, whose fame came to outstrip his.
    — Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The need for organs far outstrips the number that are available.
    — John Bonifield, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The need for organs far outstrips the number that are available.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The Fed says the demand for workers is still outstripping supply.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
  • But what’s at stake appears to outstrip even that level of value.
    — Daniele Lepido, Fortune, 17 July 2023
  • This time around, some experts predict the costs could outstrip that work stoppage.
    — Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
  • Yet the demand for organs still far outstrips the supply.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
  • That far outstripped the roughly 7 percent gain in the S&P 500 stock index during the quarter.
    — Michael J. De La Merced, New York Times, 6 May 2023
  • There is concern about how vastly demand for the Swift item will outstrip the supply.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Apr. 2022
  • How, the novel asks, will this young man live up to the impossible ideals that outstrip his good intentions?
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2023
  • One review of the research found that the benefits — not just to children but to society — far outstrip the costs.
    — Cory Turner, NPR, 6 Mar. 2024
  • As the number of Hispanic residents born in Texas outstrips the number of white people born in the state, there has been a notable change in the work force.
    — Robert Gebeloff, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • In many cases, the hype has far outstripped companies’ ability to adapt.
    — Jo Constantz, Fortune, 31 July 2023
  • While plenty of job-hunters are drawn to the energy of a high-growth company, demand still tends to outstrip supply.
    — Katya Laviolette, Forbes, 27 May 2022
  • That came to an abrupt halt in September, when the Fed’s cost of operations started to outstrip its earnings.
    — John Greenwood, National Review, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Now supply of homes for rent is outstripping demand, and that's pushing prices lower.
    — Marley Jay, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2023
  • That means crude prices should climb as demand continues to outstrip supply.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 1 July 2022
  • Markets are tight, with global consumption of both wheat and corn likely to outstrip supply next year.
    — Yusuf Khan, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Demand has far outstripped the roughly 1,000 appointments available on the app each day.
    — Julie Watson and Gisela Salomon, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2023
  • Either way, the demand will greatly outstrip the supply.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Demand for rental homes in the Southeast Asian financial hub has outstripped supply, driving high rent.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 7 June 2023
  • The demand has always outstripped the supply, (but) in the last five years, truffles have gotten more well-known in popular culture.
    — Kate Bradshaw, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2024
  • If the current trajectory continues, the number of non-Covid excess deaths will soon outstrip deaths from the virus this year—and be even more deadly than the omicron wave.
    — WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
  • In other words, in this respect at least, supply is projected to outstrip demand.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Unemployment is hovering near a 50-year low, wages are growing at the fastest pace in decades and job openings still far outstrip those looking for work.
    — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2022
  • With demand for withdrawals outstripping the ready supply of cash, banks in this situation are doomed to fail.
    — Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
  • But resources are limited and the demand outstrips the supply on the islands, some longtime locals say.
    — Zoeann Murphy, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023

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