verb
ADVERB
▪ considerably , far , greatly , significantly , substantially , vastly
▪ clearly , comfortably ( esp. BrE ), easily
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The House voted by 327 votes to 93, comfortably ~ing the required two-thirds majority.
▪ slightly
▪ barely
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Their numbers barely ~ 100 in the wild.
▪ consistently , frequently , often , regularly , routinely , typically
▪ rarely , seldom
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Summer temperatures rarely ~ 27°C.
▪ generally , normally , usually
VERB + EXCEED
▪ be expected to , be likely to
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Income is expected to ~ expenditure.
▪ be unlikely to
Exceed is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ demand , ↑ expenditure , ↑ income , ↑ inflation , ↑ level , ↑ population , ↑ sale , ↑ sum , ↑ temperature , ↑ turnover , ↑ value , ↑ volume
Exceed is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ authority , ↑ average , ↑ budget , ↑ demand , ↑ estimate , ↑ expectation , ↑ figure , ↑ income , ↑ level , ↑ limit , ↑ limitation , ↑ maximum , ↑ minimum , ↑ overdraft , ↑ per cent , ↑ projection , ↑ quota , ↑ rate , ↑ requirement , ↑ speed limit , ↑ supply , ↑ target , ↑ threshold