exceed
verb (used with object)
to go beyond in quantity, degree, rate, etc..
had been exceeding
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past perfect progressiveof exceed.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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In 2003, it pushed California, which had been exceeding its annual allotment, the largest in the basin, to abide by that limit.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
Saint Francis had been exceeding Nebraska’s caseload requirements and ultimately conceded that it had underbid its contract with the state.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
But one day something happened which caused me to make an investigation, and to my dismay, I found I had been exceeding my income every week.
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
For the first time I ordered a statement of my affairs to be laid before me, and I found that ever since my accession I had been exceeding my revenue.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 by Various
