exceeded
Example Sentences
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To put some numbers on the unprecedented jump in shipping costs, Luman writes that average global crude vessel earnings exceeded $500,000 daily in the first week of October.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
“The expenses have exceeded their resources and so they’re paying what they can,” she said, noting that credit cards are being used to bridge the gap.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
But reports from the EA into activities at the refinery, uncovered by environmental journalists SourceMaterial, show that in 2023 and 2024 the permitted levels for chemical releases were exceeded hundreds of times.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
In Boston, the percentage of 10th-graders who met or exceeded state thresholds on the 2026 standardized test declined 6 percentage points in English and science and three points in math, year over year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Within days of its installation between the magnet poles of the thirty-seven-inch, the calutron exceeded Lawrence’s expectations.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
