exceed
verb (used with object)
to go beyond in quantity, degree, rate, etc..
was exceeding
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past progressiveof exceed.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Yellen welcomed the World Bank's introduction of Country Climate and Development Reports, which will help countries define and move their climate agendas forward, and the fact that it was exceeding its 35% climate finance target.
From Reuters ● Oct. 13, 2022
Washington lawyer Jacob M. Roth, representing coal-mining interests, also claimed the EPA was exceeding its authority.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2022
But store employees had claimed the locations was exceeding company financial expectations at the time it was closed.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2021
She has been discharged from intensive care and was "exceeding all expectations", he said, adding she could now sit awake and talk to him.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2021
Once tied down and paid, he was exceeding pleased with the whole proceedings, and merrily instructed us where we might find his cattle and pigs.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
