surpass
verb (used with object)
to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
have been surpassing
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present perfect progressiveof surpass.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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But the Soviets have been surpassing the U.S. in some key strategic categories.
From Time Magazine Archive
I could get no further than the parlours, though the interest of the upper floors must have been surpassing.
From Over There War Scenes on the Western Front by Arnold Bennett
