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Monday marked Abe’s 2,799th straight day in office, making him Japan’s longest-serving Prime Minister and surpassing the record set by his great-uncle, Eisaku Sato.

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Matthias Schmidt, an independent auto analyst in Berlin, says registrations for NEVs in West Europe—a region covering 18 countries—have actually surpassed registrations in China so far this year.

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Argentina’s infections have surpassed 350,000 with the death toll climbing to more than 7,000.

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Generally, these employers set a threshold for how much they choose to pay out based on projected costs, and stop-loss insurance covers the claims when the threshold is surpassed.

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Tesla market value has surpassed retail behemoth Walmart after an astounding surge in the electric-vehicle maker’s shares over the past five months.

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This is why 2015 is projected to be the first year where gun deaths surpass traffic fatalities.

Aim to surpass your funding goal by 100 percent in the early days of your campaign.

Obama officials have to do a far better job of helping all Syrians see that this nightmarish future could surpass the Assad past.

Home ownership reached record highs that have been difficult to surpass.

Adjusted for inflation, that would equal or surpass the oil shocks of 1973 and 1979.

In the tear-stained story of humanity there has never been aught to surpass the thrilling record of Cawnpore.

Woollen rags have been largely employed as a manure for hops, and are believed to surpass every other substance for that crop.

But these ripe and classic works will surpass everything we have heard since Glinka.

There are many Mahomedans among the inhabitants, who surpass the Hindoos in industry and perseverance.

As a breed, they are excellent milkers; though some families of the Short Horns surpass others in this quality.

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On this page you'll find 69 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to surpass, such as: beat, eclipse, exceed, outpace, outperform, and outstrip.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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