in excess of
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Rogers and Kroupi are expected to cost in excess of £80m each, while Barcelona target Alvarez is being valued at more than £120m.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
There’s the investment manager of the endowment at Washington University in St. Louis who plunked down $50 million into SpaceX External link nearly a decade ago, which is now worth in excess of $1 billion.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
The post-9/11 wars in the Middle East, for example, produced a total fiscal burden in excess of $8 trillion, by some estimates.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
“Currently,” he was informed, “the estimated wait time for completion of an Access Request with a score of 15 is in excess of 10 years.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
And although the gale was generating a windchill in excess of seventy below zero Fahrenheit, I felt strangely, disturbingly warm.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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