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[aut-pays] / ˌaʊtˈpeɪs /








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“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

“We need to think long-term instead of every single year relying on a COLA. What else can we do to outpace inflation? I don’t just want to keep up with inflation.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Such a development could compress years of progress into months or less and outpace humans’ ability to understand it, the authors said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

There was no point in trying to outpace the CCD boat; they’d have to hide, and the only hiding place in sight was a wooded hill with an overgrown grassy space just above the waterline.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

The number of Angelenos who die in traffic crashes now regularly outpaces those killed by homicide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 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

"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," it added.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

When betting on the artificial-intelligence trade outpaces gains in the world’s biggest digital currency by more than 200%, you know you’re witnessing a sea change in the global investment zeitgeist.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

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

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

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

But here’s your daily reminder that humans are primates whose still-evolving brains are exponentially outpaced by technological advancement.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 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

Last week alone, cases jumped by 8%, with 330 infections reported, outpacing the entire total of cases in 2024, in which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention counted 285 cases.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

The year-over-year increase in restaurant prices during September, outpacing both grocery inflation and wage growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

As soybean farmer David Schacht begins his fall harvest, surging diesel and fertilizer costs are fast outpacing his earnings.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

It’s already been five straight months of inflation rates outpacing average hourly earnings growth on a yearly basis, said Bret Kenwell, U.S. investment analyst at eToro.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

He whips down the path, outpacing other players easily.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu


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