as in excellent
of the very best kind
the New England town meeting is a superlative example of grassroots democracy
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Recent Examples of superlative
Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2026
Seafood and cocktails with lavender, thyme, and other local herbs seduce guests in the superlative beach club on A-lister Plage de Pampelonne.
—Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Jan. 2026
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
Here, several superlative sectionals that earned high marks in all sorts of sit tests.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 12 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
This superlative coat can feature more than 155,000 hairs per square centimeter (about 1,000,000 hairs per square inch), roughly 10 times as many hairs as the coats of most cats.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2026
Seafood and cocktails with lavender, thyme, and other local herbs seduce guests in the superlative beach club on A-lister Plage de Pampelonne.
—Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Jan. 2026
Noun
Florida is no longer first in men’s college basketball, sad to say (after the Gators lost), but our state is superlative in so many other ways.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
Here, several superlative sectionals that earned high marks in all sorts of sit tests.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superlative
Adjective
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Seb Stafford-Bloor’s excellent Transfer Tiers series is moving on to central defenders today.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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The right-shot defenseman has had an excellent tournament for Finland, who advanced to the semifinals with a win over Czechia.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Each reiteration and exaggeration of Mary’s bad behavior is another civic stroke of the chisel that perfects the monumental Lincoln in our collective imagination.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Trump’s penchant for exaggeration, self-promotion, and misrepresentation is hardly new.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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Wilson has had his most productive Premier League season by some distance, scoring 10 goals – compared to 12 across three previous top-flight campaigns with Fulham combined — and some of them have been superb, too.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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These red carpet-worthy pieces include dramatically draping diamond necklaces, icy diamond and ruby bracelets, superb emerald and diamond jewels and celestial sapphire and diamond rings.—
Kyle Roderick,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Noun
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The Culture Yard, like many Copenhagen sustainability leaders, avoids greenwashing and marketing hyperbole.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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Having to fight and co-exist with those hell-bent on spewing lies and attention-grabbing hyperbole only clouds up the room, ruins the mood and takes away minutes from those who have been tackling real problems that truly need their government’s help.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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There’s a wonderful small moment midway through the season where Reilly’s lightly bugging out in his dingy apartment, shaking out his limbs at sharp, insectile angles to get comfortable.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
26 May 2026
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All wonderful real-life lessons that can happen in their own neighborhood or local area.—
VaNessa Duplessie,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
Noun
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Cosmetic mirror Cosmetic mirrors with 3x magnification or more make everything from applying makeup to tweezing eyebrows easier.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
20 May 2026
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The robot has a camera with ten times the magnifying capability, as compared to a standard magnifying loop that has three and a half times magnification.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
Adjective
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Home-Run Balls, named for a popular Korean snack of the same shape, are terrific gougère puffs filled with foie-gras cream, and a spring-pea lettuce cup was clean and bright.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
24 May 2026
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Starters Joe Ryan and Bailey Ober have been terrific.—
John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
22 May 2026
Noun
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And his one-word answer that invited no elaboration epitomised the tetchiness surrounding the subject.—
Paul Newman,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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But only two days later, the operation was put on hold without much elaboration, other than that Pakistan and other countries requested it to move negotiations forward that would end the war.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
7 May 2026
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“Superlative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superlative. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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