- present participle of surpass.
surpassing
- ascendant adj.
- better adj.
- dominant adj.
- especial adj.
- great adj.
- higher adj.
- incomparable adj.
- memorable adj.
- predominant adj.
- preeminent adj.
- superior adj.
- superlative adj.
- supreme adj.
- towering adj.
- transcendent adj.
- transcendent/transcendental adj.
- ultimate adj.
- unequaled adj.
- unsurpassable adj.
- above prep.
Example Sentences
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Published in Science, the research comes at a timely moment: a strengthening El Nino in the equatorial Pacific is projected to become the strongest ever recorded, surpassing other major years including 2015, 1997, and 1982.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The company posted $11.35 billion of revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2027, growing 11% from a year before and surpassing Wall Street’s estimates of $11.33 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
On Monday, downtown Los Angeles reached 98 degrees, surpassing a record of 96 set in 1931.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
King Slide’s gross margin rose to 87% last quarter, surpassing the gross margins of chip giants Nvidia and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The United States now has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, dwarfing the rates of nearly every developed country, even surpassing those in highly repressive regimes like Russia, China, and Iran.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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