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surpass

[ser-pas, -pahs] / sərˈpæs, -ˈpɑs /


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Although quantum computers are widely expected to surpass classical machines in power, their real-world use has so far been limited.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

“If agentic AI and the importance of the semiconductor domestic supply chain are just in the early innings, the stock will grow in and grow into and surpass its valuation,” says Reitzes.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

“AI models have reached a level of coding capability where they can surpass all but the most skilled humans at finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities,” Anthropic said of Project Glasswing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Already, the country is on track to surpass last year’s number of measles infections.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

Landscape gardening was no more than a bohemian fantasy, as well as a lame ambition—so he had analyzed it with the help of Freud—to replace or surpass his absent father.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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