overtaken
Example Sentences
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Now it has been overtaken globally by China’s BYD—which began, duh, as a battery company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Messi could have overtaken the Real Madrid forward with a hat-trick in the World Cup final on Sunday.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 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
With ticket sales of around $430 million worldwide, it has already overtaken the 1999 supernatural thriller "The Blair Witch Project", which made around $250 million on a full budget of $600,000, according to Nash.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
It took split-seconds for Weston to come to his senses, and those split-seconds meant everything, for Gloria could not be overtaken.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
