surpass
verb (used with object)
to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
were 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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Community Transit said less than 2% of weekday trips were surpassing its limits.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2020
Their Value of Design report aimed to nudge the capital markets to invest in design-infused companies as they were surpassing traditional firms with an average of 220 per cent return on their share price value.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2018
In 1965 celebrated auto writer Ken Purdy broke many sports-car fans’ hearts by opining that automatic transmissions were surpassing stick shifts and would soon push them into obsolescence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2018
But that didn't explain why homicides were surpassing original levels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2010
Soon they were surpassing what the Hitts had achieved.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
