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as in exceeds
to be greater, better, or stronger than
she always tried to surpass her older brother at anything he did
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as in transcends
to go beyond the limit of
the sales of the band's newest CD have surpassed the combined sales of its last two albums
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Recent Examples of surpasses
The country now surpasses the cocaine production of South American countries Peru and Bolivia combined.
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
This could represent a significant edge in a GPU market constrained by supply, where demand significantly surpasses availability, especially for cutting-edge chips.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Yet Team Cherry, along with dozens of coders and others, working quietly and deliberately, has crafted something that rivals (and often surpasses) the work of those massive studios.
—Keller Gordon, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
That surpasses the size of a July attack by Moscow that was previously the largest of the war, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor in February 2022.
—Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
But music is also an art form of pure sensation whose power surpasses words.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
In the first half of 2025, Ford filed 88 vehicle recalls with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, according to NHTSA data, which now surpasses the record set by General Motors of 77 recalls for all of 2014, the Detroit Free Press previously reported.
—Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
That just surpasses the state average of 55%, which is up almost a point from last year.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025
This surpasses the previous record, set by Xpeng’s P7 by more than 930 miles (around 1,500 km).
—New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2025
Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
This could represent a significant edge in a GPU market constrained by supply, where demand significantly surpasses availability, especially for cutting-edge chips.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Yet Team Cherry, along with dozens of coders and others, working quietly and deliberately, has crafted something that rivals (and often surpasses) the work of those massive studios.
—Keller Gordon, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
That surpasses the size of a July attack by Moscow that was previously the largest of the war, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor in February 2022.
—Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
But music is also an art form of pure sensation whose power surpasses words.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
In the first half of 2025, Ford filed 88 vehicle recalls with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, according to NHTSA data, which now surpasses the record set by General Motors of 77 recalls for all of 2014, the Detroit Free Press previously reported.
—Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
That just surpasses the state average of 55%, which is up almost a point from last year.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025
This surpasses the previous record, set by Xpeng’s P7 by more than 930 miles (around 1,500 km).
—New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surpasses
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For perspective, the net worth of the seven wealthiest people in the world--all AI luminaries including Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Google’s Larry Page and Sergey Brin and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang--exceeds $2 trillion, close to the GDP of Canada.—
Martine Paris,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Attendance now exceeds 95 percent, efficiency has been improving week by week and there is a palpable sense of momentum.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Most also reject the idea of celebrating a public figure’s death — and a substantial portion think the cost of gun deaths eclipses the need to safeguard the Second Amendment.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Hype eclipses cash flows, and momentum overtakes fundamentals, leaving individual investors exposed to costly swings.—
Anmol Verma,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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