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as in arrogant
having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude
that superior sportscaster lets it be known that he thinks all foreign baseball teams are second-rate
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as in proud
having or displaying feelings of scorn for what is regarded as beneath oneself
the superior attitude of the store owner's son drove the other employees crazy
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as in excellent
of the very best kind
a five-star restaurant known for its superior wine list
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as in outstanding
standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement
a university known for attracting superior scientists and mathematicians
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Recent Examples of superior
Fred Topel, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2025
The new contract was framed, however, by the agency’s former chief executive as both economically and strategically superior because lease terms were said to be more favorable than those being offered at comparable downtown buildings and the building’s location is closer to Santa Fe Depot.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
The study found that women often try to push through their fatigue without speaking up due to fears about how their superiors or team members might react.
—Michelle Travis, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Gere plays Bosko, the superior to the agency characters, and Wright plays Henry Ogletree.
—Fred Topel, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2025
The new contract was framed, however, by the agency’s former chief executive as both economically and strategically superior because lease terms were said to be more favorable than those being offered at comparable downtown buildings and the building’s location is closer to Santa Fe Depot.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
Junior and mid-level Russian commanders were apparently under constant pressure from their superiors to produce results and had stopped listening to their own troops' complaints.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
The study found that women often try to push through their fatigue without speaking up due to fears about how their superiors or team members might react.
—Michelle Travis, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superior
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Ava Daniels is a young comedy writer who is unable to find work due to an insensitive tweet and her reputation for being self-centered and arrogant.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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And the villains, of course, exuding every nastily relatable emotion; the stepmothers and sorceresses are vain, arrogant, dismissive, lonely, rude, and outrageous.—
Darren Franich,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2025
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Mike is a native of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, the proud home of Steelers training camp, and graduated from American University in Washington, D.C.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Was proud of winning the school’s first district championship in 20 years.—
Gary Curreri,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Mar. 2025
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Two standout experiences near the water include Schooner’s in the Caribbean Village, open for breakfast and dinner (chef Chris’s swordfish steak was excellent) as well as Barefoot by the Sea in the Italian Village.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Apr. 2025
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Piper Niven Currently, Piper Niven is doing an excellent job as part of WWE Women's United States Champion Chelsea Green's cabinet.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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The trouble with international prosecutions The ICC has a long list of outstanding arrest warrants, including for former dictator Omar al-Bashir, who ruled Sudan for three decades before being deposed in 2019.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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There had been outstanding box-to-box operators before him, most notably Bryan Robson at the league’s inception in the early 1990s, then Keane.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Xander is now her boss again in a different iteration ...—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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There are some optional bosses too, the Wither and the Warden.—
Issy van der Velde,
Rolling Stone,
5 Apr. 2025
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Alencar secured four of five takedown attempts and maintained 12:38 of control time en route to the dominant win.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Graduate guard Azzi Fudd, who scored just eight points in UConn’s Elite Eight win against USC, was equally dominant.—
Grace Raynor,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Colossal’s cavalier plans to use captive elephants as surrogates for mammoth calves illustrate an old problem in modern wildlife conservation: indifference towards individual animal suffering.—
Nitin Sekar,
ArsTechnica,
5 Apr. 2025
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Among some Republicans, there is also an element of trepidation about the political impact of Musk’s cavalier approach.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
25 Feb. 2025
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Chain-of-Density (CoD) Prompting A shrewd method of devising summaries involves a clever prompting strategy known as chain-of-density (CoD), which aims to bolster generative AI toward attaining especially superb or at least better-than-usual summaries.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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In the summers, the garden becomes a haute hub of social activity, thanks to the hotel’s superb cocktail program.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Superior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superior. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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