well over

idiom

: much more than
That car costs well over $50,000.

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Hughes is an offensive force who has averaged well over a point per game over the past four seasons when he’s been in the lineup, and Hischier is a Selke-caliber center who can also score more than 30 goals in a year. Peter Baugh, New York Times, 9 July 2025 The yard, which occupies just shy of six acres and has almost 30 direct employees plus a supply chain workforce of about 300, has built and delivered well over 700 yachts in the past 80-odd years. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 July 2025 According to an annual YouGov poll, Americans show little interest in ditching the first dance tradition, with well over half of 1,000 respondents saying it should be kept. Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025 All of Billie Eilish’s projects have reached that milestone on a handful of Billboard’s rankings, and even after so much time, her latest is still a champion well over a year after Hit Me Hard and Soft debuted. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for well over

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“Well over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/well%20over. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.

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