- 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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Monga became Leicester's second-youngest Premier League player in April 2025, aged 15 years and 271 days, before becoming their youngest league starter and surpassing Jude Bellingham as the Championship's youngest goalscorer.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Revenue grew 18% from a year before to reach $17.3 billion in the fourth quarter, surpassing the $16.8 billion anticipated by Wall Street analysts.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Overall, though, Rheinmetall's order backlog kept growing in the second quarter, surpassing the 80 billion euro mark thanks to 11.4 billion euros in new contracts awarded during the quarter.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The British oil giant reported net profit of $5.7 billion in the second quarter, surpassing Wall Street consensus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
This has been the pattern of his life: ludicrous dreams followed by hours and days and years of work and then a reality surpassing his wildest hopes and expectations.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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