surpasses

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That was a fourth straight weekly decline and substantially surpasses market expectations of a reduction of around 2.5 million barrels.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

This means he now surpasses former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty, who are also on the list with an estimated worth of £563m.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

A.I. surpasses people in one way: It has yet to “at least” me.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

For my generation, perhaps only Sept. 11, 2001, surpasses Jan. 28, 1986, as a day distinctly remembered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

This is the only religious idea I know that surpasses the endless number of infinitely old cycling universes in Hindu cosmology.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan