exceed

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That level of consumption can exceed the needs of entire small cities.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

His hitting stats along with his pitching stats have to exceed the threshold of winning a Cy Young and MVP on pitching alone?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

The oil market was well-supplied before the Iran conflict, with the International Energy Agency estimating that global supply could exceed demand by nearly 4 million barrels per day in 2026, a record annual surplus.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

Lamb Weston now expects to exceed it cost reduction target of at least $250 million by fiscal 2028, Smith added.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

This violates a basic principle of numbers called the axiom of Archimedes, which says that if you add something to itself enough times, it will exceed any other number in magnitude.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife