overtake
Example Sentences
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“Despite the rhetoric overtaking the narrative, when direct competitors see directly opposing results, we believe it is hard to blame the typically-easy-to-blame top-down macro pressures.”
From Barron's
Australia, on two points, have one game remaining against Oman on Friday, but cannot overtake Zimbabwe.
From Barron's
Last year India leapt to third place -- overtaking South Korea and Japan -- in an annual global ranking of AI competitiveness calculated by Stanford University researchers.
From Barron's
Lillard went second in the finals and watched anxiously from the bench as it looked like Booker would overtake him before missing his last three shots from the corner.
From Los Angeles Times
That year, the Taurus overtook the Accord as the nation’s bestselling car.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
