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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'the number exceeded' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to indicate that something (usually a quantity) has gone beyond a certain value. For example, "The number of applicants exceeded our expectations by 20%."
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The number exceeded projections and matched voter participation in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
In 2008, with ACCESS now in more schools, the number exceeded 22,000.
Within three months, the number exceeded 10,000, putting at risk mom-and-pop operations that actually pollute very little.
Last summer China's commerce minister, Chen Deming, said the number "exceeded $14.7 billion, up 60% from 2009".
Against the best advice, he had been sending in more troops; ultimately, the number exceeded half a million, and total Pentagon spending reached Second World War levels.
The number exceeded 6.3 million at the end of 1999, and federal officials said last year that the figure could double by 2005, but that now appears unlikely.
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That amount, though legal, worries the SEG because the number exceeds the total FranceAgriMer estimate for European consumption.
In some reports, the number exceeds three out of four marriages.
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