The rate of fraud and abuse in these systems equals or surpasses welfare fraud.

The rate of core inflation, a gauge that does not include food and energy and is closely monitored by the Fed, also surpassed economists' forecasts.

Union officials said the rate surpassed 7.5 percent because of firefighters injured while working at ground zero.

In some studies, the rate of survival surpassed 50%.

This phenomenon is so pervasive that the rate of false generated in this manner can even surpass the rate of correct responses [.

The rate of growth far surpassed that of men, who received 24,999 research doctorates in 1997, as against 20,938 10 years earlier.

Western experts note that recent overall rates of rocket launchings, while at historic lows, still surpass those of any other nation.

In 1968 the school sent 77% of its boys on to university, a rate surpassed only by the independent Winchester College.

Although Steam sales figures are unknown, their rate surpassed retail's in mid-2008 and they are significantly more profitable per-unit.

Over the next four decades, the rate of forest destruction accelerated and surpassed the rate of reforestation, yielding a modest net loss in total woodland area.