surpass
Example Sentences
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While the number of people making the dangerous journey across the Channel has risen more swiftly in 2025 than recent years, the yearly total has still not surpassed that of 2022, when 45,755 arrived.
From BBC
If achieved, Musk would surpass the 25% voting control threshold that he has said he wants to stay at Tesla and build its artificial-intelligence business instead of focusing on his other companies.
Even Venezuela’s upstart neighbor Guyana will soon surpass it.
From Barron's
Recent research from McGill University reveals that during the Cretaceous period, some sea creatures sat at the very top of an extraordinarily complex food chain, surpassing modern standards of ecological dominance.
From Science Daily
It was the second highest score in Big Bash history, only to be surpassed by the Heat in a scintillating chase in front of 25,000 fans in Brisbane.
From BBC
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