TOWERS (OVER) Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

towers (over)

verb

present tense third-person singular of tower (over)

as in exceeds

to be greater, better, or stronger than that actor's performance towered over all others in the film

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The judge also pointed to a sharp rise in concentration as measured in the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI), saying the HHI increase for Paramount/WBD exceeds the level necessary to show the merger is likely to enhance market power.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 20 July 2026
While production of the Patriot is being ramped up in the United States, demand exceeds supply.

— Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 19 July 2026

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Historically, American women had higher rates of labor force participation than did women in most other countries, but Scandinavia now easily surpasses the United States by this metric.

— Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron is either tied with former President François Hollande as the most unpopular French president of the past half century, or surpasses him in unpopularity, depending on the poll used.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026

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The poll found that Democrats are 10% more likely to certainly vote this year than Republicans, which eclipses their two-point edge in 2018.

— Jay Stahl, USA Today, 19 July 2026
Tenet is a collection of Nolan’s most frustrating habits cranked to 11 — from an oppressive soundscape that eclipses dialogue, to stylish yet flat characters, to a narrative that’s confusingly twisty to the point of contortion.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026

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