topped

verb

past tense of top
as in surpassed
to be greater, better, or stronger than the next contender's javelin throw topped the reigning champion's and set a new world record

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Recent Examples of topped Only three topped 40 catches, and Jaden Greathouse and Beaux Collins required a 16-game season to get there two years ago. — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 Digging for compliments Shares in mining giant BHP are trading higher in Australia, hitting a two-month high, after the company topped earnings expectations and unveiled plans to pay its highest dividend in four years. — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026 Amazingly, all of them have topped the tally for double-digit frames. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 This one features a dusty green base topped with white and brown veining for a marbled effect. — Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 16 Aug. 2026 Across the street, according to Illinois Department of Agriculture records, farmer Mark Eigsti was spraying pesticides on his soybean fields as wind gusts topped 19 miles per hour. — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026 Bids have topped $150 million -- which would be the most expensive single-family home ever sold in Miami-Dade. — Greg Cote august 16, Miami Herald, 16 Aug. 2026 The absentee and mail ballot numbers have already topped the highest nonpresidential primary year, with more than 200,000 people already having voted. — Esme Murphy, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 These include a double-height great room featuring a bespoke light fixture that evokes a marine creature and a formal dining room anchored by a custom table measuring almost 20 feet long and topped with seafoam-green glass. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for topped
  1. surpassed
  2. exceeded
  3. eclipsed
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  • The average two-bedroom rent in the city has now surpassed New York City, traditionally the nation’s most expensive city for rents.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The government has spent nearly all of its full-year allocation for fuel subsidies already, after oil prices surpassed the $85 benchmark that the estimate was based on.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of surpassed
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  • On his 2017 tax return, Krneta reported $321,000 in net income, even though his total income, which included about $4,000 derived from criminal activity, exceeded $400,000, the plea stated.
    — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Soil samples from the two elementary school campuses, City Terrace and Christopher Dena, exceeded the applicable regulatory screening levels of lead, which were flagged for further evaluation.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of exceeded
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  • With a length of almost 1,100 feet and displacing more than 100,000 tons, Nimitz-class carriers are among the world’s largest warships, eclipsed only by the US Navy’s Ford-class carriers, of which only one is in service to date.
    — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • From the perspective of our health systems, this work is nice-to-have but eclipsed by the gritty realities of clinical care.
    — Kyle Vanelli, STAT, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of eclipsed

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