surpass
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Railroads were essential to the development of American industry — allowing the U.S. to surpass Europe about 130 years ago — by providing business access to markets and supplies.
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
If Raman can catch up and eventually surpass Pratt in the vote count, she could pose a considerable challenge to Bass as more young voters come to the polls in November.
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
Landscape gardening was no more than a bohemian fantasy, as well as a lame ambition—so he had analyzed it with the help of Freud—to replace or surpass his absent father.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing surpass
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