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Meanwhile, last week the San Diego Regional Task Force on Homelessness reported that March was the 24th consecutive month the number of homeless residents connected to housing was outpaced by the number of people who fell into homelessness for the first time.
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Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
For a couple of years, those pay increases were outpaced by inflation, leaving households struggling to keep up.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
The two senators, Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Ed Markey (D-MA), argue that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s regulatory authority is at risk of being outpaced by the technology.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 18 Apr. 2024
Average wages in March were up 4.1% — almost certainly outpacing the rise in prices.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
Deaths have outpaced births in Japan for more than a decade, posing a growing problem for leaders of the world’s fourth-largest economy.
—Chris Lau, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
Influencers and entrepreneurs embraced the opportunity: TikTok saw a surge of sellers that outpaced growth in vendors at competitors like Shopify and Amazon, according to a March report from SimilarWeb, which tracks web traffic.
—Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 1 Apr. 2024
That's partly due to menu prices that have far outpaced inflation, with fast-food costs surging 47% over the past decade, compared with an average of 29% for all other prices, according to a new analysis from the Roosevelt Institute, a nonpartisan think tank.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2024
But, in fact, Wolfers noted, gains in wages and salaries, on average, have actually outpaced inflation since the pandemic, with lower-income workers seeing the highest percentage gains.
—Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
For a couple of years, those pay increases were outpaced by inflation, leaving households struggling to keep up.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
The two senators, Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Ed Markey (D-MA), argue that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s regulatory authority is at risk of being outpaced by the technology.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 18 Apr. 2024
Average wages in March were up 4.1% — almost certainly outpacing the rise in prices.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
Deaths have outpaced births in Japan for more than a decade, posing a growing problem for leaders of the world’s fourth-largest economy.
—Chris Lau, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
Influencers and entrepreneurs embraced the opportunity: TikTok saw a surge of sellers that outpaced growth in vendors at competitors like Shopify and Amazon, according to a March report from SimilarWeb, which tracks web traffic.
—Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 1 Apr. 2024
That's partly due to menu prices that have far outpaced inflation, with fast-food costs surging 47% over the past decade, compared with an average of 29% for all other prices, according to a new analysis from the Roosevelt Institute, a nonpartisan think tank.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2024
But, in fact, Wolfers noted, gains in wages and salaries, on average, have actually outpaced inflation since the pandemic, with lower-income workers seeing the highest percentage gains.
—Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Outpace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outpace. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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outpace
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out·pace
(ˈ)au̇t-ˈpās 
: outrun
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