Sentence examples for slightly surpass from inspiring English sources
The phrase "slightly surpass" is correct and is often used in written English
It means to exceed something by a small amount or to be slightly better than something. Example: The new album slightly surpassed their previous one in terms of sales, but it still received mixed reviews from critics.
And this year the area is on track to slightly surpass the previous job growth record, set in 1995.
[C6.] Cisco Earnings Slightly Surpass Forecasts Cisco Systems reported second-quarter earnings that narrowly exceeded the projections of Wall Street analysts.
In these states, race-neutral admissions policies have resulted in levels of minority attendance for incoming students that are close to, and in some instances slightly surpass, those under the old race-based approach.
Why? Mostly because Ciena also said it expects to meet or slightly surpass the consensus analyst earnings estimate for the quarter, which was 4 cents per share.
The sequel merely has to double its five-day total to slightly surpass the $277 million domestic take of the first film.
Most mammalian livestock are cows and pigs, though cows slightly surpass pigs, meaning that by massively expanding our global industrial meat production, human beings have turned Earth into Planet Cow.
Its financial results slightly surpassed Wall Street's expectations.
The company's second-quarter results slightly surpassed Wall Street's expectations, analysts said.
The company's first-quarter revenue climbed 18percentto to $4.89 billion, slightly surpassing Wall Street's expectations.
The quarterly revenue slightly surpassed the Wall Street consensus of $11.6 billion, as compiled by Thomson First Call.
That mark slightly surpassed the previous record of 37.8 degrees, set a year ago.
