surmount
verb
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Our verb mount, meaning "ascend, get up onto", comes from the same Latin root as mountain, and we keep those images in mind when using surmount, since climbing up or over a mountain is a symbol of achievement. The word almost always refers to human effort, and almost always in a positive way; thus, we speak of surmounting difficulties, surmounting problems, surmounting hurdles, surmounting handicaps—you get the idea.
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IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2024
The ceramic material used by TDK means that larger-sized batteries would be more fragile, meaning the technical challenge of making batteries for cars or even smartphones will not be surmounted in the foreseeable future, according to the company.
—Financial Times, Ars Technica, 17 June 2024
In theory, East Asia could surmount this demographic disadvantage by jump-starting labor productivity.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2024
With the orchestrated assassination of Alexei Navalny while in captivity, the challenges were never more imperative for the people of Russia to surmount the iron curtain that has expunged democracy and usurped their civil liberties under the guise of internal and external threats.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Surmount.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surmount. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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