surpass
Example Sentences
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Monday's loss to United was Everton's sixth at home this season in the league, surpassing their total from the whole of their final campaign at Goodison.
From BBC
In the decades that followed, Mr. Scaggs never surpassed the magic of what is still a perfect album.
Even so, the seafloor hosts enormous features that surpass the size of the largest land canyons.
From Science Daily
Adjusted net profit and Ebitda also surpass MA’s expectations, although revenue is slightly lower than anticipated.
But Britain's Hodgkinson, who broke the event's indoor world record on Thursday, believes she can surpass Kratochvilova and achieve something that will "cement her place as the greatest of all time".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
