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surpass

[ser-pas, -pahs] / sərˈpæs, -ˈpɑs /


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The consumer-price index is expected to surpass a 4% annual rate in May when it’s released on Wednesday.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Some forecasts suggest the forthcoming El Niño could equal past peaks - or even surpass them - although this is still uncertain.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

If Raman can catch up and eventually surpass Pratt in the vote count, she could pose a considerable challenge to Bass as more young voters come to the polls in November.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Commercial power use is likely to surpass residential use next year for the first time, according to the Energy Information Administration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 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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