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

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

Some 56 percent of those polled considered that the pace of Macron’s reform drive was meeting their expectations, while seven percent indicated that it was surpassing theirs.

From Reuters • Feb. 5, 2019

This was surpassing the almost forgotten Richard Wagner.

From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James