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surpass

[ser-pas, -pahs] / sərˈpæs, -ˈpɑs /


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The consumer-price index is expected to surpass a 4% annual rate in May when it’s released on Wednesday.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Some forecasts suggest the forthcoming El Niño could equal past peaks - or even surpass them - although this is still uncertain.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Democratic consultant Michael Trujillo, who doesn’t represent anyone in the mayoral race, said the results suggest Raman will surpass Pratt as more votes are counted.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

That geopolitical imperative is extending to work toward the potential for autonomous AI systems that can surpass human capacities and intelligence, sometimes called superintelligence, artificial general intelligence or AGI.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Landscape gardening was no more than a bohemian fantasy, as well as a lame ambition—so he had analyzed it with the help of Freud—to replace or surpass his absent father.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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