overtake
Example Sentences
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Deckers Outdoor is best known as the maker of Ugg boots, even though sales there are likely to be overtaken in the coming year by the company’s Hoka brand of pillowy running shoes.
From Barron's
Deckers Outdoor is best known as the maker of Ugg boots, even though sales there are likely to be overtaken in the coming year by the company’s Hoka brand of pillowy running shoes.
From Barron's
If City want to overtake Arsenal and win the league, getting scorers behind Haaland would be a smart move.
From BBC
He briefly overtook Hassett in prediction markets this month before falling back to second place.
From BBC
But this is for the kids who – even if they are living in this world overtaken to authoritarianism – are not yet lost and are still energized by compassion.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.