1
as in dominance
controlling power or influence over others
the Roman empire had supremacy over the entire Mediterranean world
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as in excellence
exceptionally high quality
the supremacy of cashmere among wools accounts for its high price
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as in superiority
the fact or state of being above others in rank or importance
England's maritime supremacy in the 18th century
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Recent Examples of supremacy
Federal Preemption The Federal Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), which controls judgment enforcement actions of the U.S. government, has been held to have supremacy as federal law over the contrary state charging order limitations.
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Google said in a blog post on Monday that such a move is not in the best interest of the country as the global battle for supremacy in artificial intelligence rapidly intensifies.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025
The manosphere is a digital collection of websites, videos and forums that promote male supremacy and advocate for traditional gender roles.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Google’s 2019 Quantum Supremacy Milestone In October 2019, Google published its quantum supremacy claim in Nature.
—Dorit Dor, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Google said in a blog post on Monday that such a move is not in the best interest of the country as the global battle for supremacy in artificial intelligence rapidly intensifies.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025
The manosphere is a digital collection of websites, videos and forums that promote male supremacy and advocate for traditional gender roles.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Google’s 2019 Quantum Supremacy Milestone In October 2019, Google published its quantum supremacy claim in Nature.
—Dorit Dor, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supremacy
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Linkin Park continues to prove its dominance at rock radio decades after the first hit was produced.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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In the following months, Modi’s government introduced a series of extraordinary initiatives meant to solidify Hindu dominance.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Briggs & Riley’s model isn’t just a testament to smart design or operational excellence.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Proponents say such partnerships are essential to innovation and academic excellence.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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With the Soviet Union’s collapse, the United States enjoyed a margin of superiority that would have been unimaginable to earlier great powers.—
A. Wess Mitchell,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Will this Lucid’s obvious superiority from a rational perspective be able to offset the minivan-esque styling?—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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By the early 2000s, Tiger Woods domination transformed the economics of the sport.—
Mike Dojc,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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That period of domination in the ’70s and ’80s was still so fresh in everyone’s mind.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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Education was considered an individual pursuit marked by moral excellency and only the students who did the best in school would have proceeded to higher education.—
Sara Novak,
Discover Magazine,
12 Nov. 2024
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Education was considered an individual pursuit marked by moral excellency and only the students who did the best in school would have proceeded to higher education.—
Sara Novak,
Discover Magazine,
12 Nov. 2024
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In 1911, the Crystal Palace hosted its largest event, the Festival of Empire Exhibition, a chance for subjects to see their rulers in person, for overseas dominions to sing the empire’s praises and for imperial unity to shine out across the world.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Nov. 2024
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As America steers the rickety tricycle of its fading dominion toward the boundless horizon of partisan derangement and endless griping, football will once again go about its job of trying to distract us from whatever the government decides to get up to in 2025.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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The country's current head of state, President Joseph Aoun, is an independent who has both called for Hezbollah to disarm and for Israel to respect Lebanese sovereignty.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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Leaders of Ukraine, meanwhile, are pushing to maintain independence and sovereignty.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Supremacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supremacy. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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