Example Sentences

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If the board of directors approves it, his plans will have surmounted a first crucial hurdle.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2024

Those representations have surmounted what some call the “uncanny valley” — meaning the fake faces no longer fill viewers with an instinctively creepy feeling because they do not look quite human, West said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2019

Had the electorate been what he expected it to be, the electorate of a generation ago, Bush might have surmounted his problems.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2016

He then cites other orchestras, such as the London Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra, which have surmounted challenging acoustics and had wonderful results.

From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2016

Pausing, pail in hand, he began to wonder to himself where he would have had the monument which, if he and Mary had already departed, was, by Larry's request, to have surmounted their remains.

From North, South and over the Sea by Francis, M.E. (Mrs. Francis Blundell)