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outstrip

verbCommon GRE wordMore O words

to surpass or exceed someone or something in growth, achievement, or performance

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Demand for the product quickly outstripped the company's capacity to manufacture it.

Synonyms
surpassexceedeclipse
Antonyms
traillag

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The committee dismissed the proposal as blank, pointing out that its projected revenues depended on conditions no economy had ever sustained.

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Outstrip (verb) means to surpass or exceed someone or something in growth, achievement, or performance
Here is outstrip used in an example sentence: "Demand for the product quickly outstripped the company's capacity to manufacture it."
Common synonyms for outstrip include surpass, exceed, eclipse.
Antonyms of outstrip include trail, lag.
Outstrip is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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