surpass
verb (used with object)
to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
was surpassing
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past progressiveof surpass.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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Indeed, in October 2023, the Washington Post noted that podcasters' audience size was surpassing legacy media.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2024
The 36-year-old Kopitar laughed as he watched the message from the ice but admitted that knowing who he was surpassing was a strange feeling.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 22, 2023
Many observers shrugged off these missteps in the qualifying rounds while noting that Russia’s team was surpassing expectations.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2021
A few weeks ago, I wrote that South Africa was surpassing the Loire Valley with the best chenin blancs in the world.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2019
Roberta had been the joy of her class in college dramatics, and several of her former classmates, in her audience to-night, gleefully told one another that she was surpassing anything she had formerly done.
From The Twenty-Fourth of June by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond
