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as in surpasses
to go beyond the limit of
by resorting to corporal punishment, the teacher had clearly exceeded his authority
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as in tops
to be greater, better, or stronger than
her knowledge of French wines exceeds that of anyone else I know
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Recent Examples of exceeds
That amount exceeds the foreign reserves of countries like Costa Rica, Uruguay and Panama, according to an investigation by the Herald in August 2025.
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Sarah Moreno
updated April 29, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
California billionaires' combined wealth exceeds $1 trillion.
—Steve Large, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
One of two large wildfires in southeastern Georgia continues to grow and now exceeds 31 square miles (80 square kilometers), officials reported Sunday.
—ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
And that's when their calculations revealed that these animals were probably gargantuan — well larger than the giant Pacific octopus, today's biggest member of the family whose arm span often exceeds 13 feet.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
That system exceeds 200 nautical miles and can reach up to 500 nautical miles.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Apr. 2026
Authorities have not yet officially disproven, for instance, some link between these three deaths, but any conceivable connection or sense of a coordinated series of assassinations quickly exceeds imaginative powers.
—Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 22 Apr. 2026
In the first, demand growth exceeds the capacity added to the grid, increasing costs.
—Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
In Texas, Florida, and Colorado, active inventory solidly exceeds pre-pandemic 2019 levels, Lambert wrote, because the Sunbelt overbuilt.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
Sarah Moreno
updated April 29, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
California billionaires' combined wealth exceeds $1 trillion.
—Steve Large, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
One of two large wildfires in southeastern Georgia continues to grow and now exceeds 31 square miles (80 square kilometers), officials reported Sunday.
—ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
And that's when their calculations revealed that these animals were probably gargantuan — well larger than the giant Pacific octopus, today's biggest member of the family whose arm span often exceeds 13 feet.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
That system exceeds 200 nautical miles and can reach up to 500 nautical miles.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Apr. 2026
Authorities have not yet officially disproven, for instance, some link between these three deaths, but any conceivable connection or sense of a coordinated series of assassinations quickly exceeds imaginative powers.
—Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 22 Apr. 2026
In the first, demand growth exceeds the capacity added to the grid, increasing costs.
—Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
In Texas, Florida, and Colorado, active inventory solidly exceeds pre-pandemic 2019 levels, Lambert wrote, because the Sunbelt overbuilt.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exceeds
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Charles also said both nations must remain committed to supporting Ukraine as Russia’s full-scale invasion surpasses four years, and underscored how staying within NATO is significant to prevent further tensions between Europe and North America.—
Max Foster,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
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Blue Origin, founded and owed by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, has landed and reused its smaller New Shepard suborbital booster numerous times, but New Glenn surpasses New Shepard in difficulty and scale.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
19 Apr. 2026
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Gap Report, Orlando tops the list of worst cities for affordable housing, with only 13 affordable and available rental homes for every 100 extremely low-income renter households.—
Ryan von Weller,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2026
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Elliot Anderson tops United’s list for midfield due to his all-action style, but Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis is believed to want as much as £125m for him.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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New ‘economics of ownership’ and consumer frustration David Friedman, professor of law at Willamette University, nodded to the populist nature of the right-to-repair movement which transcends party lines and has been building for some time.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
25 Apr. 2026
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What should have been a collective effort of the imagination—a reminder that the story of our species transcends any one individual—now looks more like a vanity project, a permanent symbol of how radical ideas can be turned into private playthings.—
Alec Nevala-Lee,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
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Their 517 plate appearances with runners on easily eclipses the next-closest team, the Washington Nationals (484).—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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The moon eclipses the sun in a view captured by the Artemis II crew on Monday.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
7 Apr. 2026
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