exceed
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Price recommends using hearing protection whenever sound levels exceed 85 decibels.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
Investors know that companies have to exceed numbers to get a post-earnings pop.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
An analysis published by the MoD in December 2023, under the previous government, found the department's most recent equipment plan was forecast to exceed its budget by £16.9bn.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
SEIU-UHW does not have an estimated total amount the initiative would claw back from pay packages that exceed the limit.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The Constitution had provided for Congress to identify a “seat of government” not to exceed one hundred square miles in size to be purchased from the proximate states.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing exceed
Power Prefix: ex-
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