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• v  distinguish oneself
• v  be or do something to a greater degree
• v  move past
• v  be greater in scope or size than some standard
• s  exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence
• s  far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

• Around the world, rates of caesarean sections are soaring, far surpassing the recommendation by the World Health Organization (WHO) that C-sections make up less than 15% of all .
• The ATF may be the most hated federal agency in America today, surpassing even the IRS in its notoriety.
• The network now has 80 million active members, surpassing rival MySpace in numbers of users.

• excel
• stand out
• surpass
• outstrip
• outmatch
• outgo
• exceed
• outdo
• surmount
• outperform
• travel by
• pass by
• go past
• go by
• pass
• transcend
• transcendent
• exceeding
• exceptional
• olympian
• prodigious

News & Articles

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• Sales tax collections up over 2012
  Fort Morgan shoppers were busy in the first four months of 2013, with sales tax collections surpassing the same period last year.
  June 22, 2013 - The Fort Morgan Times
• Cole cruises as Pirates beat Angels, 5-2
  Cole challenged the radar gun as much as he did opposing hitters Friday night, often hitting 100 mph -- sometimes surpassing it.
  June 22, 2013 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Pittsford's Abby Wambach sets record
  Pittsford's Abby Wambach wrote her name into the history books Thursday night, surpassing Mia Hamm as the all-time goal-scoring leader in international competitions...
  June 21, 2013 - News 10 NBC Rochester

Quotes

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• Martin Brodeur in USA Today
  Surpassing a record definitely becomes a little nerve wracking,Brodeur said. "I don't get nervous, but today I was a little nervous. It was a like a good playoff game, everybody was trying to get the puck out and blocking shots and...
• Steve Jobs in Business strategy and Innovation
  Even in these economically challenging times, we are incredibly pleased to report our best quarterly revenue and earnings in Apple history-surpassing $10bn in quarterly revenue for the first time ever,said Jobs, Silicon Valley's enduring but...
• Derek Fisher in The Olympian
  I hate to say it,Fisher began, "but they're probably surpassing us, to be honest. We had that great four-to-five-year period, but you have to kind of look at the Bulls and the Celtics and the Lakers teams of the 80s that dominated an...