How to Use surpass in a Sentence

surpass

verb
  • Last quarter, sales surpassed two million.
  • Attendance is expected to surpass last year's record.
  • His work regularly surpasses all expectations.
  • The work was so deadly that deaths surpassed births.
    — ABC News, 28 May 2026
  • Time and time again our lives surpass themselves.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Gas and diesel prices didn’t surpass their 2022 highs.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 25 June 2026
  • Police are on pace to surpass last year's record, Brown said.
    — Bynadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 20 May 2022
  • Gas prices just surpassed $4 a gallon.
    — Jake Angelo, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Pierre surpassed 20 points for the fifth time in his last seven games.
    — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas Morning News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • There have been so many record prices met and surpassed in just the past year that it's been hard to keep track.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The cut is expected to surpass six hours.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026
  • But after that, home price growth far surpassed incomes.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
  • This year, the country is on pace to surpass that total by March.
    — Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2022
  • But that number will probably be surpassed in the days and weeks ahead.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Swift still has six days of sales activity left to try to surpass that mark.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Those things far surpass the magnitude of his best night on the football field.
    — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Frankly, New York is lucky it hasn’t already been surpassed.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Rainfall rates in the deeply tropical air mass will surpass an inch and a half per hour.
    — Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2021
  • In the end, that surpasses any complaints the players might have.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
  • That would equal or surpass the current F-22 fleet size.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The state has surpassed Japan as the world’s fourth-largest economy.
    — Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 7 May 2025
  • This year’s boardings are on track to surpass those in 2024.
    — Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This year's slate of bills may surpass the 2021 record, Wolf said.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 13 Feb. 2022
  • While Kaiser surpassed the benchmark, even its numbers have dropped sharply.
    — Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Wind gusts each day could surpass 25 mph each afternoon.
    — Cutter Martin, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Agencies are far surpassing that rate.
    — Carrie Lukas, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The county was only one of six in the state to surpass the $1 billion mark.
    — Gabrielle Chenault, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Sep. 2025
  • John fueled his son’s desire to surpass his father.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Alcaraz would need 20 to surpass him, or two a year for the next 10 years.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Iran's death toll in the war has surpassed 1,500, its health ministry has said.
    — Arkansas Online, 23 Mar. 2026

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