OUTPACE

outpace

(verb) surpass in speed; “Malthus believed that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

outpace (third-person singular simple present outpaces, present participle outpacing, simple past and past participle outpaced)

(transitive) To go faster than; to exceed the pace of.

Source: Wiktionary


Out*pace" v. t. Etym: [Cf. Outpass.]

Definition: To outgo; to move faster than; to leave behind. [R.] Lamb.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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