exceed
verb (used with object)
to go beyond in quantity, degree, rate, etc..
have been exceeding
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present perfect progressiveof exceed.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Daily deaths have been exceeding 2,000 for the first time since early May, and close to 100,000 Americans are already hospitalized.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2020
Ninth, nearly all who have tried to answer what I said have been exceeding careful to misquote me, and then answer something that I never uttered.
From Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest by Robert Green Ingersoll
Well," said the magistrate, after due reflection, "you don't appear to have been exceeding the speed limit, but at the same time you must have been guilty of something, or you wouldn't be here.
From Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations by C. E. (Clara Elizabeth) Fanning
We are now fast approaching the termination of our first year’s residence in Bagdad, and the Lord’s mercies towards us have been exceeding great.
From Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831 by A. J. (Alexander John) Scott
This lady's fortune would have been exceeding convenient to him, and he could have no objection to her in any respect.
From History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
