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surpass

[ser-pas, -pahs] / sərˈpæs, -ˈpɑs /


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Haaland has netted 120 Premier League goals in four-and-a-bit seasons and should he stay with Manchester City - and City stay in the league - it is feasible the Norwegian could surpass Shearer's tally.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

It will surpass the mark set in 1968-69 by Real Madrid, who will have the chance to end that remarkable run on Sunday when the sides meet at Camp Nou.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

But investors have left less room for error — even for companies whose results surpass Wall Street’s estimates.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

China generated a record annual trade surplus of $1.2 trillion in 2025 and is on track to surpass that this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

His alien kin have not only prepared him to pass but to surpass.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

According to the team, this approach delivers performance that surpasses existing types of spectrometers in several key areas, including designs based on light dispersion, Fourier transforms, and computational reconstruction.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Still seeking the eighth world title that would mean he surpasses former rival Stephen Hendry, O'Sullivan has said he would prefer to retire rather than ever enter qualifying events.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

While the total was down from the previous year’s record high of 95 entanglements, California still surpasses all other U.S. states in the number of cases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

In an “extreme” scenario, AI surpasses human productivity across most knowledge-work tasks, performing nearly all of them autonomously.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

But it doesn't feel great when your younger sibling surpasses you.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Its earnings per share also surpassed consensus, with $1.40 posted, versus 80 cents a year ago and the $1.35 that was projected.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

This year has been decent for film as a whole, but fantastic for documentaries, which have surpassed 2026’s mainstream narrative films in many ways.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

Microsoft has historically only disclosed year-over-year revenue growth percentages for Azure, lumped together with “other cloud services,” although the company did say last quarter that Azure revenue surpassed $100 billion for the first time.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

This week, 10-year French bond yields surpassed 5% for the first time since 2002.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

“You’ve surpassed all my expectations, my boy,” he said.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

The University of Florida's Election Lab had recorded 47,922,669 early votes nationwide by midday, surpassing the previous midterm record of 45.9 million cast ahead of Election Day in 2022.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

But with Andrea we have a case of the student surpassing the master.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

But in terms of student achievement, Asian students have performed more like white students, frequently surpassing white students academically.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

This has led to steady gains in the SPY-to-DIA ratio in recent years, with the ratio even surpassing the highs seen during the dot-com period of the late 1990s.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2026

Circe and Medea are the only witches and they are young and of surpassing beauty—delightful, not horrible.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton


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