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surpass

[ser-pas, -pahs] / sərˈpæs, -ˈpɑs /


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The 2023 fifth-round draft pick is entering the final year of his rookie contract, and he is eligible for an extension that could surpass the $120-million deal the Seattle Seahawks gave receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 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

The only other companies to surpass $4.5 trillion in market cap are Alphabet and Nvidia.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

The U.S. is already on pace to surpass the record-breaking 48 outbreaks and 2,200 plus cases in all of 2025.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

In Paris on the Champ de Mars, France opened the Exposition Universelle, a world’s fair so big and glamorous and so exotic that visitors came away believing no exposition could surpass it.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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