How to Use surpass in a Sentence

surpass

verb

• Last quarter, sales surpassed two million.
• Attendance is expected to surpass last year's record.
• His work regularly surpasses all expectations.
• But still, the beast has surpassed 270 mph, and that’s impressive as hell.
  — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024
• The 10-year Treasury yield surpassed its highest level of the year.
  — WSJ, 6 Oct. 2023
• Police are on pace to surpass last year's record, Brown said.
  — Bynadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 20 May 2022
• The city is on pace to reach or surpass the record 92 homicides that occurred in Portland last year.
  — oregonlive, 19 Oct. 2022
• In the end, that surpasses any complaints the players might have.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
• This news caused a drop in the marque’s stock, which opened the door for Arnault to surpass Musk in Forbes rankings.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2022
• Those things far surpass the magnitude of his best night on the football field.
  — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Sep. 2022
• Oliver expected to surpass a million 911 calls at the end of the year.
  — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2022
• But that number will probably be surpassed in the days and weeks ahead.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
• Orion will surpass that distance on its 11th day of the mission on Nov. 26.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2022
• This year, Hamrick said the group surpassed 2,000 members.
  — Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
• Ryan Crouser is looking to surpass his own world record in the shot put, set at Hayward last year at the Olympic trials.
  — Dallas News, 23 June 2022
• For example, Dallas could surpass the 103-degree mark for the first time this year over the next seven days.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 6 July 2022
• In June, Nvidia briefly surpassed Apple in total market cap and crossed the $3 trillion threshold for the first time.
  — Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 9 Oct. 2024
• If the back end of the pack can tighten up the gap, then this group should be able to push Medina and perhaps even surpass the Bees throughout the season.
  — Joe Magill, cleveland, 22 Aug. 2022
• Girls are starting to surpass boys in education and in the workplace.
  — TIME, 17 Oct. 2023
• Your peers will be surpassing you that are putting in their time and you could get looked over for better career options down the road.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
• Some of the windiest spots will be along the outer Sunset and Richmond districts, where gusts will briefly surpass 50 mph.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2023
• Upon making his debut with the club at the age of 16, Barkov surpassed a league record by becoming the youngest player to score a point.
  — Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2025
• Green, who surpassed 1,000 points as a sophomore, also dished out four assists in the contest.
  — Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025
• Boise also has a chance to equal or surpass the record for consecutive days of 105 or hotter.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 3 July 2024
• The Chinese company’s crimes could surpass Rs1,200 crore, the agency has said.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 14 July 2022
• The United States has work to do to ensure that China won’t surpass us in power exerted on the world stage.
  — Bobby Miller, National Review, 2 Dec. 2022
• During his days at Spanish Fort, Stokes had been a part-time pitcher, with a fastball that could surpass 90 mph.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 13 May 2022
• And to become the world's largest oil producer at the time, Texas would have needed to do more than surpass Saudi Arabia.
  — Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2022
• With so many important markets on the list, Sony might surpass that $2 million goal.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 21 July 2022
• That index has kept surging, surpassing not only what was seen during Trump’s first term but at any point since tracking began in 1960.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025