surpass
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The consumer-price index is expected to surpass a 4% annual rate in May when it’s released on Wednesday.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Now, as part of the countdown to the World Cup, Mexico City is attempting to surpass that mark.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Democratic consultant Michael Trujillo, who doesn’t represent anyone in the mayoral race, said the results suggest Raman will surpass Pratt as more votes are counted.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
That geopolitical imperative is extending to work toward the potential for autonomous AI systems that can surpass human capacities and intelligence, sometimes called superintelligence, artificial general intelligence or AGI.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
He was sixty-eight years old but announced, “I intend to live for more than half a century, and at the end of that half-century London will be trembling lest Chicago shall surpass it....”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing surpass
Grade 9, List 2
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