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as in arrogance
an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims
the superiority of some of the customers at the exclusive beauty salon is enough to curl your hair
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as in excellence
exceptionally high quality
the superiority of tree-ripened mangoes might make you want to spend the rest of your life in a tropical climate
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as in dominance
the fact or state of being above others in rank or importance
the superiority of the nation in military might
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Recent Examples of superiority
Tanton was also drawing closer to Jared Taylor, whose writings about the superiority of white people had earned him a zealous following.
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Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
Regardless, the group's surviving members are still fighting in Gaza despite the ravaging of the strip and Israel's mammoth military superiority.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2024
The superiority of human intelligence lies in its ability to seamlessly navigate and perform across all four cognitive areas while being able to shift dynamically from one mode to another based on the situation.
—Hamilton Mann, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
And most of these documents produced by various members of the Air Force were talking about superiority against enemy nations, satellite warfare, things like that.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
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Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
Regardless, the group's surviving members are still fighting in Gaza despite the ravaging of the strip and Israel's mammoth military superiority.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2024
The superiority of human intelligence lies in its ability to seamlessly navigate and perform across all four cognitive areas while being able to shift dynamically from one mode to another based on the situation.
—Hamilton Mann, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
And most of these documents produced by various members of the Air Force were talking about superiority against enemy nations, satellite warfare, things like that.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superiority
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Dastmalchian gets to play it all — disbelief, arrogance, grieving, terrified — sometimes in the same moment.Jenelle Riley, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
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These things are a big investment of time and to have not one, but two of them that might otherwise have had a reasonable expectation of success — probably arrogance on my part — but still, many times an author who gets published once can get published a second time.Choire Sicha, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
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The nation also won both U17 and U20 world titles in 2016 demonstrating a concerted excellence in women's soccer at youth level.Asif Burhan, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The celebrity and business leader list reads like a who’s who of Black excellence in the U.S.: Tyler Perry, Brian Tyree Henry, Don Cheadle, Spike Lee, John Legend, Jermaine Dupri, Bakari Sellers and so on (and on…).Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Nov. 2024
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The dominance of automobiles and the infrastructure that supports them over many decades only seems inevitable in hindsight.Nir Eisikovits, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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According to both Ives and Musk, that’s likely positive for Tesla, given its dominance in the market.William Gavin, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
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Zurich said the Game Changer Award pays tribute to excellency in the film business with a focus on leaders that not only cherish change and forward-thinking approaches in the business, but also stand for the DNA of what cinema has represented since its invention.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024
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Paradise Dynasty, Kang Kang, Long Xing Ji, Hui Tou Xiang, Min Min Pie House (and so many more) should all be household names worthy of recognition for their myriad styles and excellency.Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
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The distinction is important because a felony arrest typically entails more rigid follow-up in court and a higher likelihood of jail detention, while a misdemeanor often ends with a citation and release on the spot.Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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To detail how this may be done, Heidegger begins as any good philosopher would, with a distinction.Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the fight for smartphone supremacy, AI is becoming the new battleground.Paul Monckton, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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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
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The necklace has been worn at two British coronations and may contain diamonds from the infamous necklace at the heart of a scandal that tainted the reputation of Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France.Hannah Peart, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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The spike in homophobia and homophobic violence has led Ivorian gay communities and human rights groups to express concerns that the hostility could endanger the country's reputation for comparative tolerance.Tess Foley-Cox, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Superiority.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superiority. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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