surpass
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Since launching last year, the product has helped LinkedIn’s suite of agentic hiring tools surpass a $450 million annualized revenue run-rate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
She didn’t believe him when he promised that carrying the torch in the opening ceremony would surpass any Olympic medal she could win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
If Justice Thomas remains on the court another 19 months, he will surpass William O. Douglas as the longest-serving justice in history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
But it is expected to surpass even that marker.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
When they weren’t busy ignoring me at practice, they put a lot of effort into scouting for other talented fencers with the hope that they would surpass me in the rankings.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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"It reminded me that we're capable of doing unbelievable things when how badly we want something matches and surpasses the difficulty of achieving it," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Savannah Guthrie continued her calls for kidnappers to return her mother Nancy Guthrie, as the investigation into the elder Guthrie’s disappearance surpasses its six-month mark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Coxon considers Anthropic's efforts genuine but said he believes no company can responsibly develop an AI that surpasses humans without government intervention or a coordinated slowdown.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
His WAR surpasses Ohtani’s total of 6.8 as a hitter and pitcher combined.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The vitality which the snail’s eggs possess surpasses belief.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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Robot breakdancers surpassed the athletic artistry of Raygun.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
The RAC said the average UK record price of diesel would "almost certainly" be surpassed over the weekend.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
At midseason in high school football, the Chaminade High passing duo of sophomore quarterback Jeremy Mellalieu and senior receiver Andrew Cordero has surpassed many of the players ranked higher in preseason forecasts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Self-declared “Wedgelord” Matt VanderMeer, 53, said recent months have surpassed even the legendary summer of 1982, also an El Niño year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
He’d surpassed his great achievement at Bled in 1961 with an even more dazzling triumph at Stockholm.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Villa then turned the versatile forward into the most expensive Swiss player in history - surpassing Granit Xhaka's £38.25m move from Borussia Mönchengladbach to Arsenal 10 years ago.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The app that people use to access the Muse AI agent topped Apple’s charts for free productivity apps, surpassing OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
While the peak in crude after the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war is well above current levels, it’s diesel that is setting record highs, surpassing $6 on Friday.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Copernicus said -- surpassing by 0.01C the previous all-time monthly record set in July 2023.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Given the near impossibility of surpassing the glaciers without the corridor, some archaeologists suggested that the first Americans must have arrived twenty thousand years ago, when the ice pack was smaller.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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