exceeding
Example Sentences
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The U.S. added 178,000 jobs in March, the Labor Department said Friday, far exceeding expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The U.S. private sector added 62,000 jobs in March, exceeding economists’ consensus of 38,500 and nearly matching February’s gains.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
Combined with city and county money, the total proposed public backing has reached $870 million, far exceeding what the team originally asked for.
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026
This means that roughly 1.3 molybdenum-based metal complexes were activated for every photon absorbed, exceeding the usual limit and demonstrating that more energy carriers were produced than incoming photons.
From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026
The first edition of 18,000 copies sold out in the first few months, exceeding expectations.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
