overtake
Example Sentences
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One night earlier, Durant scored 27 points in the Houston Rockets’ 123-122 victory over the Miami Heat to overtake Jordan for fifth place on the NBA’s all-time leading scorer list.
From Los Angeles Times
The new release zoomed past Scream 7, this year's previous biggest seller overall and also overtook Creed III in having the fastest start for a production by Amazon MGM Studios.
From BBC
In golf-loving South Korea, the tipping point was reached almost a decade ago as 'screen golf' overtook 'field golf'.
From BBC
Lee noted that Arm anticipates data-center business will overtake mobile to become the company’s largest revenue driver in a few years.
From MarketWatch
The book also documents how poorly prepared government agencies were in dealing with infectious diseases, how social media amplified fears and how hysteria overtook science.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.