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v. - Be or do something to a greater degree; Pass by; Go beyond; Distinguish oneself.

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  • Today's indication of notes and coins surpass the peak seen over the June month-end notes when they reached 25.208 billion rand on Jul 5.
  • In achieving that, we do not "surpass" Scripture and the Fathers in the sense of discovering more truth than they together did.
  • To kind of surpass him now is extremely surreal, but it's definitely one of those fun moments also.
  • But the very word "surpass" implies the existence of a standard common to us and the thing surpassing us.
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