towers (over)

verb

present tense third-person singular of tower (over)
as in exceeds
to be greater, better, or stronger than that actor's performance towered over all others in the film

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  1. exceeds
  2. surpasses
  3. tops
  4. eclipses
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  • Demand already exceeds the available clinical workforce, so time freed from documentation, scheduling, or intake doesn’t have to mean fewer people doing the same work.
    — Bill Miller, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The unit is said to endure 20,000 cycles at a 100% depth of discharge, a number which exceeds the typical lithium-ion warranty by a number of decades.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of exceeds
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  • While debates about building AI that surpasses human intelligence, flashy new gadgets and AI spending tend to dominate tech events, tech talks at last week’s Oakland Tech Week often had a different vibe.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Its best parts have a grandeur that surpasses its industrial settings and gets at something eerie and transcendent.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of surpasses
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  • Howland Capital Management, based in Boston, tops year's CNBC Financial Advisor 100 list.
    — , CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Walker’s 279 yards after contact tops the NFL and would stand 13th in rushing yards alone.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of tops
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  • The theft eclipses previous high-profile wine robberies in Italy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Yet the megawatt Cruise in our heads eclipses the nuance of his performances.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of eclipses
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“Towers (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/towers%20%28over%29. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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