supremacy
noun
su·prem·a·cy
sə-ˈpre-mə-sē 
sü-,
also -ˈprē-
plural supremacies
1
: the quality or state of being supreme
especially
: a position of unquestioned authority, dominance, or influence
military/naval supremacy
In the 20th century, two completely different models of how to run an economy battled for supremacy. —
Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben Natal's well-watered valleys … became by the end of the 18th century the site of a contest for supremacy … —Noel Mostert
Noel Mostert Every high school boasts its elite squad of lookers: sparkling teeth, merciless anatomy, sunny filaments of hair … . Between classes, they parade down the halls, trooping their supremacies like Clydesdales. —Richard Lacayo
Richard Lacayo 2
: ultimate authority or power
belief in the supremacy of God
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Examples of supremacy in a Sentence
the Roman empire had supremacy over the entire Mediterranean world
the supremacy of cashmere among wools accounts for its high price
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Meta’s Llama was touted as the top open model, where OpenAI’s closed models are obviously close to the curve of model supremacy.
—John Werner, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
In the fight for smartphone supremacy, AI is becoming the new battleground.
—Paul Monckton, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Related Chip race: Microsoft, Meta, Google, and Nvidia battle it out for AI chip supremacy
Apple’s ‘Project ACDC’ is creating AI chips for data centers.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2024
The second half looks through this lens at the culture wars of the past 50 years, from the explosion of debt in the 1980s to Buchanan’s populist presidential campaign in 1992 to white Christian dread of the loss of political and cultural supremacy.
—John Ganz, Foreign Affairs, 22 Oct. 2024
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John Werner, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
In the fight for smartphone supremacy, AI is becoming the new battleground.
—Paul Monckton, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Related Chip race: Microsoft, Meta, Google, and Nvidia battle it out for AI chip supremacy
Apple’s ‘Project ACDC’ is creating AI chips for data centers.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2024
The second half looks through this lens at the culture wars of the past 50 years, from the explosion of debt in the 1980s to Buchanan’s populist presidential campaign in 1992 to white Christian dread of the loss of political and cultural supremacy.
—John Ganz, Foreign Affairs, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Supremacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supremacy. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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supremacy
noun
su·prem·a·cy
sə-ˈprem-ə-sē
plural supremacies
1
: the quality or state of being supreme
2
: supreme authority or power
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