overtake
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For Chinese companies trying to overtake American incumbents, releasing model weights earns trust, wins developers and makes their technology the default foundation for new applications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Aimée thinks that Millennials in particular have so much nostalgia for catalogs because they were the generation that witnessed e-commerce overtake mail order.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Although Japan and the Netherlands are the favorites to win the group, Sweden could overtake both with a win, provided the Dutch do no better than a draw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Climate scientists interviewed by AFP have said 2027 was likely to overtake 2024 as the hottest year on record.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
He knew that news would spread and overtake him, making the daylight hours unsafe for traveling.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
By spending 19 non-consecutive weeks at the top of the UK singles chart, it overtakes the record set by American crooner Frankie Laine with his track I Believe, in 1953.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
See more: SpaceX overtakes Amazon to become fifth-largest company in the world.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
Even when they’re ahead of his pace, they know it’s only a matter of time until the American overtakes them and leaves them in the dust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
He overtakes two of his compatriots who have won eight golds at Winter Olympics -- former cross-country skiers Marit Bjoergen and Bjoern Daehlie, and former biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen.
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026
It overtakes you literally by degrees as your body temperature falls and your natural responses grow sluggish and disordered.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
The flow of capital from mainland China has grown so large that Hong Kong last year overtook Switzerland as the world’s biggest cross-border wealth hub, with $2.9 trillion in assets, according to Boston Consulting Group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
This summer the 27-year-old captain overtook Olivier Giroud as France's all-time leading goalscorer, and now has 64 in 104 games.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Last term, when there were both more cases and more referrals to the full court, the appeals to the shadow docket finally overtook those to the merits docket.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
On Monday, it briefly overtook rival Samsung Electronics as South Korea's most valuable listed company by market capitalization.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
He had just begun to run once more when a rabbit overtook him.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Parents who have watched their children cycle through different hobbies, whether it’s crafting friendship bracelets or concocting homemade slime, will recognize the single-minded fervor that has overtaken the students of Class 203.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
It was overtaken by “Spider-Man: Brand New Day‘s” $360 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
The Lovell Telescope has been overtaken in size by larger radio telescopes, but has continuously been modernised and remains key to the UK's radio astronomy capability.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Ten years after the fall of Troy, Odysseus still hasn’t returned home to Ithaca, and his kingdom has been overtaken by suitors crudely courting his wife’s hand.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Or had she been overtaken by smoke, fire, panic, helplessness?
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
Okuda also oversaw the opening of Toyota factories abroad on the firm's way to overtaking General Motors as the world's largest automaker by vehicle sales.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Nvidia, as the chipmaker at the center of the AI boom, had held the No. 1 spot for over a year after overtaking Apple in May 2025.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
“This isn’t about Huawei overtaking the U.S. on a hairpin turn,” said Qingyuan Lin, a semiconductor analyst at Bernstein.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The sector now makes up 30 percent of all Mexican products shipped to the United States, overtaking the automotive industry as the largest component of exports.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
He slowed, as a large black truck sped past, overtaking them with a spray of slush.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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