How to Use surpass in a Sentence

surpass

verb

• Last quarter, sales surpassed two million.
• Attendance is expected to surpass last year's record.
• His work regularly surpasses all expectations.
• But still, the beast has surpassed 270 mph, and that’s impressive as hell.
  — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024
• The 10-year Treasury yield surpassed its highest level of the year.
  — WSJ, 6 Oct. 2023
• In the end, that surpasses any complaints the players might have.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
• This news caused a drop in the marque’s stock, which opened the door for Arnault to surpass Musk in Forbes rankings.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2022
• But that number will probably be surpassed in the days and weeks ahead.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
• Orion will surpass that distance on its 11th day of the mission on Nov. 26.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2022
• In June, Nvidia briefly surpassed Apple in total market cap and crossed the $3 trillion threshold for the first time.
  — Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 9 Oct. 2024
• Girls are starting to surpass boys in education and in the workplace.
  — TIME, 17 Oct. 2023
• Some of the windiest spots will be along the outer Sunset and Richmond districts, where gusts will briefly surpass 50 mph.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2023
• Boise also has a chance to equal or surpass the record for consecutive days of 105 or hotter.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 3 July 2024
• The United States has work to do to ensure that China won’t surpass us in power exerted on the world stage.
  — Bobby Miller, National Review, 2 Dec. 2022
• The company surpassed the street estimates in the second quarter of FY 2024.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
• Ionescu shot first and scored 26 points, before Curry surpassed her with 29.
  — Josh Feldman, NBC News, 18 Feb. 2024
• Might the team surpass expectations and surprise in 2023?
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 9 Aug. 2023
• There was never any intention of trying to improve on it or surpass it in any way.
  — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 3 May 2024
• And those bursts surpass the barrage unleashed in 1989 that crippled the Hydro-Québec power grid, researchers now know.
  — Katherine Kornei, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2023
• That trend is expected to continue with the market on track to surpass 1 million sales for the first time ever this year.
  — Bret Baier, Fox News, 29 Nov. 2023
• With the final burst in Georgia, the total for this year’s midterm might surpass the spending in the last presidential cycle.
  — WSJ, 6 Dec. 2022
• At 8 years old, Howie the crab has surpassed her species’ typical life expectancy.
  — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
• Space weather forecasters do not expect the latest solar storm to surpass the one that slammed Earth in May, which was the strongest in more than 20 years.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2024
• The Rams surpassed most expectations and will have a chance to make another Super Bowl run.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2024
• In 2023, streaming surpassed broadcast and cable TV viewing for the first time, according to Nielsen.
  — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
• Turnout in San Diego County has consistently surpassed the statewide turnout in primaries for more than a decade.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
• With Durant out, Bol surpassed his season numbers – 11 points and nine rebounds in 20 minutes – in one game.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 2 Jan. 2024
• The Howard School is the largest high school in the county and one of 10 schools in the district where Hispanic students surpass the number of students of any other racial or ethnic group.
  — Nicole Chavez, CNN, 3 Dec. 2022
• They were both surpassed, however, by the top wheelchair marathoner: Swiss man Marcel Hug.
  — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2024
• Terry and Candace rooted for their okra plant to surpass the record, bringing in a crew from Byrd Surveying to officially measure the Mobile marvel.
  — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024