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aces (out)

verb

present tense third-person singular of ace (out)

as in edges (out)

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Luxury tax payrolls determine whether a team exceeds the league’s luxury tax threshold and owes financial penalties.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Still, her knack for collecting polished, easy-to-style shoes that are comfortable enough to stand in all day exceeds even my own abilities.

— Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026

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In recent years, Hinton, who previously worked at Google, has issued a series of warnings about existential risks associated with AI, particularly if an AI model surpasses human intelligence and becomes autonomous.

— Katie McQue, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026
Money put into the fund will also not count towards a state spending limit created in the 1970s that requires the Legislature take certain actions — including refunding taxpayers — if the California’s budget surpasses a certain spending limit.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of surpasses

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Time spent with Abby is worth it, since Hall transcends her character’s flat redundancies by raising every moment to the height of hilarity.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026
Spouses, children, and parents must carry a grief that transcends the military calendar and cannot be confined to a single day of remembrance.

— Cristina Johnson, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of transcends

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Much of this debt has funded investment that has generated progressively lower—even negative—economic returns, including excess residential real estate, underutilized infrastructure, and manufacturing capacity that far outstrips demand.

— MICHAEL PETTIS, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026
To begin with the good, the Unibook far outstrips the port offerings of the MacBook Neo or the new XPS 13.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of outstrips

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In addition to the characters, the set features two love notes and a flowerpot, which Derpy Tiger notoriously knocks over.

— Greta Cross, USA Today, 16 June 2026
But as much as the ratings monopoly has taken its share of knocks over the decades, it has never been supplanted as the anchor of the $70 billion-plus TV ad business.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2025

Definition of knocks over

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No stepping off the sidewalk into a puddle of slush that overtops your work shoes, soaking your socks for the rest of the day.

— Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
On rainy and high tide days, the track and baseball field nearby can get submerged in ankle deep water as the river overtops the old seawall.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026

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