How to Use exceed in a Sentence

exceed

verb
  • He's trying to match or exceed last year's sales.
  • The demand for new housing has already exceeded the supply.
  • The cost exceeded our estimate.
  • The cost must not exceed 10 dollars.
  • That puts the county on pace to exceed the record 18 deaths last year.
    — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2022
  • He’s on pace to exceed his 200-yard game last week in the first half alone.
    — cleveland, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Drivers will be on the hook for costs that exceed $250.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The cost can exceed $150 a liter — enough to feed a newborn for two days, or a 3-month-old for one.
    — Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022
  • The sports betting measures need to exceed 50% in yes votes to pass.
    — Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY, 4 May 2022
  • On Sunday, the sources said the cut could exceed 1 million bpd.
    — Reuters, CNN, 2 Oct. 2022
  • All four can approach or exceed 100 pounds and 4-feet in length.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2024
  • In many cases, though, the payments proposed in the email would far exceed that sum.
    — Chris Cameron, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2025
  • For yearly subscriptions, a price hike can’t exceed $50 and 50% of the old price.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 17 May 2022
  • But the past few times the list has opened, demand far exceeded that number.
    — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The near doubling of the ADU fee and the 34 percent fee increase for a house far exceed the inflation rate.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2024
  • But had the suit gone to trial, there could have been a potential price tag that far exceeds that.
    — Justine Kenin, NPR, 30 May 2024
  • And the West End project will require a zoning variance to exceed the parcels’ 65-foot height limit.
    — Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Still, the amount of energy and resources needed to build an EV exceed those of a gas car.
    — Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Often, the number of markers on the scene will exceed the amount of times a weapon was fired, officers said.
    — Tandra Smith | [email protected], al, 26 Mar. 2022
  • The new five-year agreement will not exceed $9.75 million.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2024
  • But the number of deaths in 2025 has already exceeded last year’s count.
    — Will Carless, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Fatal crashes fell last year, but deaths have exceeded 300 in each of the last three years.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Her save rate in six matches exceeded Tullis-Joyce’s in 16 games.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Teams can call up players from the minors, even to exceed the 23-player limit. . . .
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Dec. 2022
  • In practice, the phones exceed that speed, hitting almost 30W with the right chargers.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Both categories of crimes are on pace in 2022 to exceed last year’s figures.
    — NBC News, 23 Apr. 2022
  • At least nine suicides were reported in the first three months of this year, putting the state on a pace that could exceed last year’s figure.
    — Jennifer Peebles, ajc, 13 May 2022
  • Not when the Blue Jays add Bassitt to a deep rotation and commit, for the first time, to exceed the luxury tax threshold.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The city projects a budget shortfall exceeding $1 billion.
    — Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
  • Miller appeared in only six of Minnesota’s 12 playoff games, exclusively in garbage time and failing to exceed one minute of playing time in any contest.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 May 2025

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