well over

phrase

: much more than
That car costs well over $50,000.

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Part of that will depend on whether Black, whom the new staff thinks has the physical dimensions to be a high-level nose tackle, ends up playing well over the center, which would allow the Steelers at times to shift Benton over. — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026 The decades-old collection reaches its new peak well over 200 weeks into its run on the tally. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 In the United States, jet fuel prices have increased from just over $2 per gallon before the start of the war in February 2022 to well over $3 per gallon. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026 Even this far into the season, with well over 100 games of sample to draw from, the projection systems still believe the Dodgers are the better team. — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for well over

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“Well over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/well%20over. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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