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It showed 81% of practices said demand was exceeding capacity - with 42% saying demand substantially exceeded capacity.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2022

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

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