keep/stay apace with
idiom
: to go or advance at the same rate as (something) : to keep up with
The company has been struggling to keep/stay apace with the latest developments.
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Two stations out of six shut down in September 2022 as funding streams failed to keep apace with expenditures.
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Last month, America’s $500 billion Stargate announcement made headlines globally, followed by DeepSeek’s AI model, which sent shock waves across financial markets and highlighted China’s ability to keep apace with U.S. innovation.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 12 Feb. 2025
Where other stars of his magnitude tend to disappear to help sustain their relevance by way of intrigue, Drake has worked tirelessly to keep apace with his younger, more prolific streaming-era descendents.
—Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
Juve are still very much a work in progress, and even if the performance against Sassuolo will hardly be remembered with fondness, the important thing was to get three points on the board and keep apace with the pack, especially with Sampdoria away and Roma at home on the horizon.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Last month, America’s $500 billion Stargate announcement made headlines globally, followed by DeepSeek’s AI model, which sent shock waves across financial markets and highlighted China’s ability to keep apace with U.S. innovation.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 12 Feb. 2025
Where other stars of his magnitude tend to disappear to help sustain their relevance by way of intrigue, Drake has worked tirelessly to keep apace with his younger, more prolific streaming-era descendents.
—Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
Juve are still very much a work in progress, and even if the performance against Sassuolo will hardly be remembered with fondness, the important thing was to get three points on the board and keep apace with the pack, especially with Sampdoria away and Roma at home on the horizon.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
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“Keep/stay apace with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%2Fstay%20apace%20with. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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