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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
People who didn't opt for electronic payment and whose settlement amount exceeds $5 will receive a check in the mail, according to the settlement website.
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Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 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
Its range exceeds 310 miles, allowing the A400M to release weapons far outside typical surface-to-air missile engagement zones.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 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
But the play’s influence exceeds its visibility.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 19 Apr. 2026
During the 90-day certification trial, the system reached a detection rate of 97%, which exceeds the certification minimum.
—David Szondy
april 19, New Atlas, 19 Apr. 2026
The income produced by their investments ultimately exceeds the cost of their lifestyle.
—Steve Booren, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 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
Its range exceeds 310 miles, allowing the A400M to release weapons far outside typical surface-to-air missile engagement zones.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 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
But the play’s influence exceeds its visibility.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 19 Apr. 2026
During the 90-day certification trial, the system reached a detection rate of 97%, which exceeds the certification minimum.
—David Szondy
april 19, New Atlas, 19 Apr. 2026
The income produced by their investments ultimately exceeds the cost of their lifestyle.
—Steve Booren, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exceeds
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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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This show, which still prompts belly laughs from my daughter and me even after countless rewatches, meets and surpasses my mother’s bar.—
Jean Garnett,
New Yorker,
18 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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“Exceeds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exceeds. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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