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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
outdistance .
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Examples
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She met her competition, and easily outdistanced her, on her best day.
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His 134 points easily outdistanced runner-up and Seattle Mariners right-hander Felix Hernandez, who received two first-place votes and 80 points.
Greinke earns all but 3 first-place votes to win AL Cy Young 2009
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Democrat Barbara Boxer outdistanced her Republican challengers in raising money during the first quarter of the year, and her two leading GOP would-be opponents were nearly tied in income over the period, according to financial reports.
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And by the time Demetrios made the Sonoma Hills, on the other side of the Straits, we were so hopelessly outdistanced that Charley told me to slack off the sheet, and we squared away for Benicia.
DEMETRIOS CONTOS 2010
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That he had outdistanced the pack even the least wise of us admitted.
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Android, which is distributed free, has become an obvious target for litigation as the Google system has outdistanced Apple's offerings to become the most widely used software on smartphones.
Judgment Day Looms for Apple, HTC Ian Sherr 2011
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He led the European Tour's driving statistics in 2007, 2008 and 2009, and on Thursday he regularly outdistanced both of his playing partners, Venezuela's Jhonattan Vegas and Gary Woodland from Topeka, Kansas, both of them very big hitters indeed.
Masters 2011: Rory McIlroy says he learned hard lessons at St Andrews 2011
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Lute almost caught up amongst the trees, but was hopelessly outdistanced on the fallow field adjoining, across which the mare tore with a fine disregard for heavy ground and gopher-holes.
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When they are finally revealed, it is so clear how they have outdistanced the competition that many would be competitors don't even bother trying.
Just Listen Microsoft - An Opportunist Does Not a Visionary Make 2010
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Unfortunately, however, in some quarters, criticism has greatly outdistanced praise.
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.: Religion and Science: Respecting the Differences 2010
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