outdistance
verb
out·dis·tance
ˌau̇t-ˈdi-stən(t)s 
outdistanced; outdistancing; outdistances
: to go far ahead of (as in a race) : outstrip
Synonyms
Examples of outdistance in a Sentence
She easily outdistanced the other runners.
This television outdistances all others in the number of sales.
Recent Examples on the Web
Corporate income tax collections decreased by $13 million, or 26.5%, over a year ago to $36 million, which outdistanced the state's forecast by $5.4 million, or 17.7%.
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Michael R. Wickline, arkansasonline.com, 2 Apr. 2024
But in the primary, Elliott outdistanced three fellow Democratic candidates, including former city Ethics Commission Chair Gil Cabrera and then-Port Commissioner Rafael Castellanos, the favorites of the Democratic establishment.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2024
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump easily won their respective presidential preference elections in Arizona on Tuesday, with each man handily outdistancing former rivals or stand-ins for an intra-party protest vote.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
But then came the Countach, which outdistanced its Raging Bull predecessor at every turn.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2024
Those numbers weren’t enough as defending champion Olympian scored 199 team points to outdistance second-place San Marcos by 25 points.
—Kevin J. Farmer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
The 5-9 quarterback’s margin of victory is expected to rival the 1,750 points that USC’s O.J. Simpson outdistanced Purdue’s Leroy Keyes by in 1968 for the biggest landslide victory in Heisman balloting.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Moreover, other work suggests that the longer the plants live, the further the sexuals would outdistance the clones, because clones tend to die off at younger ages.
—Joann C Gutin, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
During the first three months of fiscal 2024, total general revenues dipped by $22.4 million, or 1.1%, from over the same period in fiscal 2023 to $2.05 billion and outdistanced the state's forecast by $132.3 million, or 6.9%.
—Michael R. Wickline, arkansasonline.com, 4 Dec. 2023
Michael R. Wickline, arkansasonline.com, 2 Apr. 2024
But in the primary, Elliott outdistanced three fellow Democratic candidates, including former city Ethics Commission Chair Gil Cabrera and then-Port Commissioner Rafael Castellanos, the favorites of the Democratic establishment.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2024
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump easily won their respective presidential preference elections in Arizona on Tuesday, with each man handily outdistancing former rivals or stand-ins for an intra-party protest vote.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
But then came the Countach, which outdistanced its Raging Bull predecessor at every turn.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2024
Those numbers weren’t enough as defending champion Olympian scored 199 team points to outdistance second-place San Marcos by 25 points.
—Kevin J. Farmer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
The 5-9 quarterback’s margin of victory is expected to rival the 1,750 points that USC’s O.J. Simpson outdistanced Purdue’s Leroy Keyes by in 1968 for the biggest landslide victory in Heisman balloting.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Moreover, other work suggests that the longer the plants live, the further the sexuals would outdistance the clones, because clones tend to die off at younger ages.
—Joann C Gutin, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
During the first three months of fiscal 2024, total general revenues dipped by $22.4 million, or 1.1%, from over the same period in fiscal 2023 to $2.05 billion and outdistanced the state's forecast by $132.3 million, or 6.9%.
—Michael R. Wickline, arkansasonline.com, 4 Dec. 2023
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“Outdistance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outdistance. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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outdistance
verb
out·dis·tance
-ˈdis-tən(t)s
: to go far ahead of (as in a race) : outstrip
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