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.
• That puts the county on pace to exceed the record 18 deaths last year.
  — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2022
• He’s on pace to exceed his 200-yard game last week in the first half alone.
  — cleveland, 24 Dec. 2022
• Drivers will be on the hook for costs that exceed $250.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
• The cost can exceed $150 a liter — enough to feed a newborn for two days, or a 3-month-old for one.
  — Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022
• The sports betting measures need to exceed 50% in yes votes to pass.
  — Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY, 4 May 2022
• On Sunday, the sources said the cut could exceed 1 million bpd.
  — Reuters, CNN, 2 Oct. 2022
• All four can approach or exceed 100 pounds and 4-feet in length.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2024
• In many cases, though, the payments proposed in the email would far exceed that sum.
  — Chris Cameron, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2025
• For yearly subscriptions, a price hike can’t exceed $50 and 50% of the old price.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 17 May 2022
• But the past few times the list has opened, demand far exceeded that number.
  — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• The near doubling of the ADU fee and the 34 percent fee increase for a house far exceed the inflation rate.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 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
• And the West End project will require a zoning variance to exceed the parcels’ 65-foot height limit.
  — Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
• The new five-year agreement will not exceed $9.75 million.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2024
• But the number of deaths in 2025 has already exceeded last year’s count.
  — Will Carless, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
• Her save rate in six matches exceeded Tullis-Joyce’s in 16 games.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
• Teams can call up players from the minors, even to exceed the 23-player limit. . . .
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Dec. 2022
• In practice, the phones exceed that speed, hitting almost 30W with the right chargers.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 10 Oct. 2022
• At least nine suicides were reported in the first three months of this year, putting the state on a pace that could exceed last year’s figure.
  — Jennifer Peebles, ajc, 13 May 2022
• Not when the Blue Jays add Bassitt to a deep rotation and commit, for the first time, to exceed the luxury tax threshold.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2022
• With the escalating rent, payments would exceed $92 million over the next three and a half decades.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
• Putting a goals cap in place lengthens the odds in the bettor’s favour, and only one of Leicester’s last six games has exceeded this mark.
  — Sam Tighe, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
• Some expect case numbers to soon exceed last summer’s high, but not the all-time high of Omicron’s first wave.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2023
• The play worked well enough to exceed Miller’s expectations.
  — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 17 Sep. 2022
• Though New York doesn’t have a cap, there’s typically a maximum amount the figure can exceed compensatory damages.
  — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
• Getting some of Montero’s money off the books is crucial for an Astros club that, according to multiple team sources, does not want to exceed the luxury tax threshold for a second consecutive season.
  — David O'Brien, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025