as in exceeded
to be greater, better, or stronger than
a manager whose arrogance was overtopped only by his ineptitude
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Recent Examples of overtopped
Seawalls were overtopped in sections along Fort Lauderdale’s Riverwalk.
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Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
In 1941, a huge wave caused by a snow and ice avalanche that fell into Laguna Palcacocha, a glacial lake in the Peruvian Andes, overtopped the moraine dam that had contained the lake for decades.
—Suzanne Oconnell, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2025
Because the flooding has been a growing concern for Juneau over the past several years, city officials with federal assistance installed emergency flood barriers along several miles of riverbanks in the areas deemed most at risk for being overtopped.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
In 1941, a huge wave caused by a snow and ice avalanche that fell into Laguna Palcacocha, a glacial lake in the Peruvian Andes, overtopped the moraine dam that had contained the lake for decades.
—Suzanne Oconnell, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2025
Because the flooding has been a growing concern for Juneau over the past several years, city officials with federal assistance installed emergency flood barriers along several miles of riverbanks in the areas deemed most at risk for being overtopped.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overtopped
Verb
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Both revenue and net income exceeded expectations.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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At the middle school level, 85% met or exceeded the standards in ELA and 83% did in math, representing a 5% change from 2024.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Nov. 2025
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Earlier in 2025, Suni Williams surpassed Whitson's record for the most total time any woman has spent on spacewalks.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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Just days after long time tech darling surpassed $4 trillion in market cap, Apple delivered an earnings report that beat on both the top and bottom.—
Jeff Kilburg,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Marks has also topped Hot 100 Songwriters in every calendar year since the chart launched.—
Xander Zellner,
Billboard,
7 Nov. 2025
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Prepare to dazzle the crowd with this recipe that's loaded with cheese and topped with breadcrumbs.—
Krissy Tiglias,
Southern Living,
7 Nov. 2025
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Hatch, however, eclipsed other candidates, raising a total of $56,000.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Nov. 2025
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Yet, the company remains in a holding pattern on AI deployment, its Vision Pro ambitions have been eclipsed by Meta, and the latest iPhone 17 and Air lineup offers little evidence of a new hardware super-cycle.—
Tony Zhang,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Overtopped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overtopped. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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