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surpass

[ser-pas, -pahs] / sərˈpæs, -ˈpɑs /


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Higher borrowing costs have also hit the US, the world's largest economy, which has seen its debt pile surpass $40tn.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

Another signed by Newsom earlier this year allows Los Angeles and Contra Costa counties to surpass a 2% limit on local sales taxes.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

That put the category on track to surpass the annual record of $448 billion seen in 2025, according to a note from Matthew Bartolini, global head of research strategists at State Street Investment Management.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

Memory is the big growth driver, forecast to reach $837 billion in 2026 and surpass $1 trillion in 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

I was the best student in my class, but soon Hafsa, and even Seema, would surpass me.

From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed

Savannah Guthrie continued her calls for kidnappers to return her mother Nancy Guthrie, as the investigation into the elder Guthrie’s disappearance surpasses its six-month mark.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

According to data from Apartments.com, the average rent price in New York City is $4,197, and Williamsburg even surpasses that—the median rent price is $5,100, according to competitor platform StreetEasy.

From Slate Sep. 6, 2026

And as it bookends a summer led by “Obsession” and “Backrooms” fervor, with studios clamoring to find the next Gen Z wunderkind, Ullom quietly but consistently surpasses his peers at every winding turn.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

That surpasses the total for 2025, a year that had already shattered records, with 2,289 cases and three deaths including two young children.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 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

At midseason in high school football, the Chaminade High passing duo of sophomore quarterback Jeremy Mellalieu and senior receiver Andrew Cordero has surpassed many of the players ranked higher in preseason forecasts.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 23, 2026

The current outbreak, however, has already surpassed those earlier events in both its trajectory and scale.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

The 10-year Treasury yield has surpassed 5% and reached its highest level since 2007.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield briefly surpassed 5% on Monday, a sign that borrowing costs could rise across the economy.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

Mac might have been the first computer with a real sense of design, but the Stormbreaker had far surpassed it.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

The app that people use to access the Muse AI agent topped Apple’s charts for free productivity apps, surpassing OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 24, 2026

But in a reminder of the inflation pressure facing the Fed, diesel prices hit a new all-time high of $5.85 a gallon, surpassing their previous record from 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Lagos-based Dangote Petroleum Refinery is aiming to raise funds to double its capacity to 1.4 million barrels a day, which would make it the world's largest refinery, surpassing Jamnagar in India.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

It amounts to quite the rebuild, with the Fernandez deal taking City's spending to a Premier League record £458m for a single transfer window, surpassing Liverpool's £415m from last summer.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

There was a maiden in Thessaly named Coronis, of beauty so surpassing that Apollo loved her.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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