exceed a figure
Frequency: 7.010.3 per million words
to go beyond a particular number or amount
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Examples (10)
- The company's profits exceed the projected figure by 20%.
- Sales are expected to exceed the target figure this quarter.
- This year's attendance will likely exceed last year's figure.
- The final cost may exceed the estimated figure significantly.
- Their revenue continues to exceed the benchmark figure.
- The population growth rate will exceed the official figure.
- We anticipate that exports will exceed the recorded figure.
- The unemployment rate could exceed the double-digit figure.
- Production levels are set to exceed the planned figure.
- The budget deficit might exceed the trillion-dollar figure.