exceed
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Regardless, if it doesn’t exceed the recent highs in two more days, that will be a buy signal by definition.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Temperatures are expected to exceed 35C Wednesday in most of mainland Spain and could climb above 40C in parts of the northeast, posing health risks for those spending hours outdoors.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Memory chips accounted for just 10% of the phone’s component costs a year ago, but that share is projected to exceed 40% by early 2027, TrendForce says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Many locations will exceed their heatwave threshold of 25 to 28C – dependent on location – for the first day.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
At eight or nine digits, the local telephone number would exceed the human channel capacity: there would be many more wrong numbers.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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“Netflix has since effectively won the streaming wars. Its subscriber base now exceeds any competitor’s by a wide margin, and that scale is self-reinforcing,” and it can “outspend rivals on content.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Duke wrote that “we face a persistent challenge: a shortage of skilled workers. The demand for craft labor, engineering talent and project management experience exceeds supply.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
But they note in some districts the percentage of foreign owners already exceeds the 15 percent limit, particularly in "territories endowed with water and mineral resources, or logistical advantages," such as ports.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Vinicius is two years younger and has a commercial value that exceeds Hazard's - and that is not to mention the seven-year cost of inflation.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
I have heard that the hunger for air exceeds as a compelling sensation the thirst for water.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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Count Binface -- the alter ego of comedian Jon Harvey -- exceeded expectations, however, taking 9,455 votes, 27 percent of the total.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
That growth exceeded the 0.9 percent forecast by Russia's economy ministry.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Adjusted earnings per share of $1.22 also exceeded the $1.17 FactSet consensus view.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Two of them, CoreWeave and Super Micro Computer, exceeded expectations in their quarterly reports Tuesday afternoon, helping to boost stock futures overnight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Demand for in-house care far exceeded the number of nurses available.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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The biggest individual problem is phosphate - a nutrient from sewage and farm runoff - with around half of rivers still exceeding safe levels.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
In the U.K., where the Wegovy pill became available last month, Novo Nordisk said around 300,000 patients have already begun taking the pill, exceeding company expectations by far.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
It now expects between $1.463 billion and $1.467 billion, exceeding the $1.437 billion consensus analyst view.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
The owner of the facility was issued two citations, one for operating the animal facility without a license and another for exceeding the number of animals allowed in a residence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
He felt shame before them and he told them he saw his own exceeding folly in allowing the loss of a mere girl to make him forget everything else.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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