Example Sentences

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Demand is exceeding supply and Oracle has a sizable backlog, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The main reason these homeowners are seeing their home values fall is local market dynamics, meaning that housing supply is exceeding demand.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 13, 2025

Jesse Watters, a veteran personality on the network, replaced Carlson in his high-profile time period and is exceeding his ratings performance in total viewers and the 25-to-54 age demographic sought by advertisers.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2024

The governor — whose press office says the initiative is exceeding key milestones — cannot seek a second consecutive term and leaves office in two years.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2024

Our Converse at these Times is exceeding Diverting; him relating curious Stories of Animals or Roman Iniquity, & me relating Tales of the Village, the Cooperage, & the Mill.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson