as in to overcome
to achieve a victory over
an Olympic swimmer who surmounted endless obstacles to achieve her goals
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Recent Examples of surmount
And especially to my father, Bruce Paltrow, who has surmounted insurmountable obstacles this year.
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Lydia Price, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Republicans have additional obstacles to surmount for their party-line bill, including figuring out where to make $2.5 trillion in spending cuts that were mandated by deficit hawks in exchange for a $1.5 trillion debt limit increase in the latest appropriations package passed in December.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
Rohit Prasad, who leads the artificial general intelligence (AGI) team at Amazon, told the Financial Times the voice assistant still needed to surmount several technical hurdles before the rollout.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
And there is another hurdle that these governments have to surmount.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2024
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Lydia Price, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Republicans have additional obstacles to surmount for their party-line bill, including figuring out where to make $2.5 trillion in spending cuts that were mandated by deficit hawks in exchange for a $1.5 trillion debt limit increase in the latest appropriations package passed in December.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
Rohit Prasad, who leads the artificial general intelligence (AGI) team at Amazon, told the Financial Times the voice assistant still needed to surmount several technical hurdles before the rollout.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
And there is another hurdle that these governments have to surmount.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surmount
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Both Banchero and Wagner, who started alongside Cory Joseph, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Wendell Carter Jr., were able to overcome the defensive attention from the Kings and attack the basket with ease.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2025
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Recognizing these challenges is the first step toward overcoming them.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Out of Spokane Regional 1, No. 1 overall seed UCLA advances to their first Final Four in program history in the modern era after defeating No. 3 LSU, 72-65.—
Allison Smith,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Orange County officials pitched a sales tax increase to voters that was soundly defeated in 2022.—
Skyler Swisher,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2025
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To learn even more about the Omnibus changes and how an ERP-centric system can benefit your business, read SAP’s latest white paper on mastering CSRD here.—
Sophia Mendelsohn,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Someone who seems to have the whole recipe round-up mastered?—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Apr. 2025
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This year, he was tasked with conquering the opponent’s best hitters in Game 1, and that doesn’t figure to change.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Italy’s style of football is designed to defend, not to conquer.—
Philipp Lahm,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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Some people with type 2 diabetes take oral medications to keep their blood sugar in control.—
Julia Ries,
Health,
9 Apr. 2025
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With the win, Orlando takes a 2-1 lead in the four-game series with Atlanta, which hosts the Magic in the regular-season finale on Sunday at State Farm Arena.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Surmount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surmount. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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