Example Sentences

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It has been widely expected that costs will exceed £100bn.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

In the short to medium term, at least, the answer appears to be yes, even though new salary commitments to three major unions will exceed $1 billion a year.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Over the next 75 years, the government projects that its spending will exceed revenue by roughly $79.6 trillion.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

After Valero shuts down its Bay Area refinery next month, demand for gasoline in Northern California will exceed production by 135,000 barrels a day—equal to about 36% of regional demand—according to Aii.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

This violates a basic principle of numbers called the axiom of Archimedes, which says that if you add something to itself enough times, it will exceed any other number in magnitude.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife