as in excellent
of the very best kind
the restaurant's baker makes a superb chocolate cake
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Recent Examples of superb
What a superb first week for college basketball.
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Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
With the Braves flashing the leather behind him, Chris Sale put forth a superb outing Saturday afternoon at JetBlue Park against the Red Sox, Sale’s final spring tuneup before toeing the rubber opening day at Truist Park next week.
—Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 21 Mar. 2026
That is way too high a number for someone who won this race two years ago, has superb race craft — including how to manage his tires and equipment — and is with a team, RFK Racing, that showed surprising speed last week at Las Vegas.
—Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026
Yet, the way the title track uses the game as a jumping off point to address social and political concerns is truly superb.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2026
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Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
With the Braves flashing the leather behind him, Chris Sale put forth a superb outing Saturday afternoon at JetBlue Park against the Red Sox, Sale’s final spring tuneup before toeing the rubber opening day at Truist Park next week.
—Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 21 Mar. 2026
That is way too high a number for someone who won this race two years ago, has superb race craft — including how to manage his tires and equipment — and is with a team, RFK Racing, that showed surprising speed last week at Las Vegas.
—Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026
Yet, the way the title track uses the game as a jumping off point to address social and political concerns is truly superb.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superb
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The Horned Frogs had a mix of air raid and veer-and-shoot principles under Briles, but are expected to move more to a pro-style scheme under Sammis, who had excellent success with that style of offense at UConn.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Mar. 2026
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In the pre-show rooms, both real-life actors seen were excellent at interacting with real-life visitors and prerecorded monotone movie stars.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The teams got invaluable data — and some wonderful video too.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
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Books Are Magic, a wonderful bookshop owned by novelist Emma Staub, alone could suck up an entire morning.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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There’s a terrific movie buried in a two-and-a-half-hour runtime — which cost him a competition slot at Venice.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
29 Mar. 2026
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Both Pavel Zacha and Elias Lindholm scored two goals apiece and Jeremy Swayman made 31 saves for a terrific win.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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But simply naming the great fear and sharing it with the millions of watchers in living rooms and hotels and airport lobbies was a trial almost too painful to contemplate.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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No substitutions for prize except by Sponsor, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be substituted.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
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Food and drink The food throughout Vietnam is fantastic and is a huge reason to visit the country.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
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And that should pair nicely with an offense the club expects to be fantastic.—
Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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Of course, all of the discourse is taking place on the lovely, totally non-toxic place that is the internet.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2026
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And your answers were so lovely.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
1 Apr. 2026
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The Disciples of Soul were awesome; great horns and backup singers.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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The mentality, the approaches, have all been awesome.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
29 Mar. 2026
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Still, contemporary perks are woven into this living museum, including a fabulous spa.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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The hardest part is deciding on an entree — everything here, from the rice or wheat dumplings to the lemony chicken tawa to the kabobs, is fabulous.—
Jess Fleming,
Twin Cities,
26 Mar. 2026
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