beyond (all) expectations
idiom
: more than people thought would be the case
The restaurant has succeeded beyond (all) expectations.
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This year’s major novelty – the one-day Summit, where politicians, innovators, researchers and doc professionals discussed today’s most pressing issues in the documentary world, went beyond expectations, according to Gourd-Mercado.
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Annika Pham, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
With the Bruins unexpectedly occupying the uppermost tier of the NHL standings all season after after undergoing some generational turnover in the offseason, there were several good candidates for NESN’s 7th Player Award for the player that goes above and beyond expectations.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
Aided by the Sunni Awakening, a U.S.-backed tribal revolt against al Qaeda in Anbar Province, the surge succeeded beyond all expectations.
—Peter R. Mansoor, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2023
The free agent market this offseason has inflated beyond all expectations, and expectations were that the going rate on the trade market would be the same way.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Annika Pham, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
With the Bruins unexpectedly occupying the uppermost tier of the NHL standings all season after after undergoing some generational turnover in the offseason, there were several good candidates for NESN’s 7th Player Award for the player that goes above and beyond expectations.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
Aided by the Sunni Awakening, a U.S.-backed tribal revolt against al Qaeda in Anbar Province, the surge succeeded beyond all expectations.
—Peter R. Mansoor, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2023
The free agent market this offseason has inflated beyond all expectations, and expectations were that the going rate on the trade market would be the same way.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Beyond (all) expectations.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beyond%20%28all%29%20expectations. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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