surpass
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Eli Lilly is developing eloralintide, a novel amylin candidate, to potentially surpass Novo Nordisk and offer an alternative to GLP-1s.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
Dean Guzman of Moorpark has trained for years to surpass the barrier every high jumper dreams of breaking — 7 feet.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
The stock needs to finish Friday’s session above $74.88 to surpass its record close achieved on Aug. 31, 2000.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
Although quantum computers are widely expected to surpass classical machines in power, their real-world use has so far been limited.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026
He was sixty-eight years old but announced, “I intend to live for more than half a century, and at the end of that half-century London will be trembling lest Chicago shall surpass it....”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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Grade 9, List 2
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