keep pace with

idiom

: to go or make progress at the same speed as (someone or something else)
Our production can't keep pace with the orders coming in.
The law has not kept pace with technology.

Examples of keep pace with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But this critical diagnostic tool is also struggling to keep pace with climate change as longer and more persistent dry spells plague the American West and take an increasing toll on groundwater reserves and the Colorado River, according to a recent study published in the journal AGU Advances. Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024 Image Image Factories in Asia that manufactured computer chips could not keep pace with a substantial increase in demand, an emergency in an age in which chips had become the brains for all manner of devices. Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 2 June 2024 Board of Education Vice President Tara Battaglia said the budget reflects the county’s need to keep pace with other counties in attracting teachers and supporting students amid the Blueprint’s rollout. Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 21 May 2024 Older adults received a 3.2% bump in their Social Security checks at the beginning of the year to help recipients keep pace with inflation. Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024 The organization noted that internal-combustion cars are struggling as manufacturers can’t keep pace with the EV sector’s fierce price war, due to already-thin margins. Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 14 May 2024 Google, an early leader in the artificial intelligence space, is expected to use the event to unveil more AI updates after racing to keep pace with Microsoft Corp.-backed OpenAI. Rachel Metz, Fortune, 13 May 2024 Such speed also means that the sensation of road hits, such as kerb strikes, are provided faster than even 240Hz projectors are able to keep pace with. Jeremy White, WIRED, 9 May 2024 State Housing Secretary Edward Augustus says Massachusetts needs 200,000 more homes to keep pace with population growth. Sri Taylor, Fortune, 6 May 2024

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“Keep pace with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20pace%20with. Accessed 7 Jun. 2024.

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