How to Use exceed in a Sentence

exceed

verb

• He's trying to match or exceed last year's sales.
• The demand for new housing has already exceeded the supply.
• The cost exceeded our estimate.
• The cost must not exceed 10 dollars.
• Each of those numbers far exceed the best in baseball last year.
  — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2026
• That puts the county on pace to exceed the record 18 deaths last year.
  — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2022
• Many Pokémon card heists exceed that.
  — Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
• But the past few times the list has opened, demand far exceeded that number.
  — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• In many cases, though, the payments proposed in the email would far exceed that sum.
  — Chris Cameron, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2025
• When demand exceeds supply every night, the process starts to break down.
  — Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
• Wembanyama’s goal is to train his mind and body in a way that exceeds best practices.
  — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
• The sports betting measures need to exceed 50% in yes votes to pass.
  — Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY, 4 May 2022
• All four can approach or exceed 100 pounds and 4-feet in length.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2024
• But had the suit gone to trial, there could have been a potential price tag that far exceeds that.
  — Justine Kenin, NPR, 30 May 2024
• That interest varies but does not exceed 5%.
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
• These visits cannot exceed one hour in duration.
  — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
• On Sunday, the sources said the cut could exceed 1 million bpd.
  — Reuters, CNN, 2 Oct. 2022
• All of us can benefit from learning to exceed our own limits.
  — Ulrik Juul Christensen, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
• But how about taking more chances on more players whose talent exceeds their trade value?
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
• Demand this year is expected to exceed that.
  — Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025
• Votes exceeding the limit will not be counted.
  — CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
• First, the deduction cannot exceed the winnings.
  — Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
• Penalties for exceeding the cap included fines or loss of draft picks.
  — Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• Forbes said the damage did not exceed the state’s ability to respond.
  — NBC News, 16 Mar. 2022
• And that’s also why this movie is going to meet and exceed the expectations of so many fans.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 14 Dec. 2021
• To be really honest, all our testing right now shows this exceeds the life of the machine.
  — John Burek, PC Magazine, 5 July 2026
• The motor output cannot exceed 750 watts.
  — Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 20 Mar. 2026
• The airport warned on X that TSA wait times may exceed three hours.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 8 Mar. 2026
• Year-to-date job cuts have exceeded 1 million, the most since the pandemic.
  — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
• There was a 10% to 20% chance that wind gusts would exceed 30 mph in Phoenix.
  — Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 29 Mar. 2026