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superiority

[suh-peer-ee-awr-i-tee, -or-, soo-] / səˌpɪər iˈɔr ɪ ti, -ˈɒr-, sʊ- /


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But El-Sayed ably weaponized these resources against Stevens, making her financial superiority the core of his argument against her.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2026

“You have a feeling of superiority in a car like this,” he said, a man clearly enjoying his work.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Big Tech along with AI start-ups Anthropic and OpenAI are currently fighting for the top AI talent in the marketplace as they all vie for superiority in the space.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

It doesn’t appeal to the American instinct for moral as well as material superiority.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

I do not think I ever really hated him until he had that little spell of superiority at lunch—that and when he went through all that barbering.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

"Obviously none of the other materials . . . would produce a comb possessing the many excellent qualities and inherent superiorities of a comb made of celluloid," Hyatt wrote in one of his patent applications.

From Scientific American May 29, 2011

Adding up what is known of most of these factors, the margins, evident superiorities, palpable weaknesses of the three belligerent air forces stack up somewhat as follows.

From Time Magazine Archive

All of the expected prestige names turn up at the top, but the study is nonetheless full of fascinating comparisons and subtle superiorities.

From Time Magazine Archive

I cannot hurt my health, nor tell a lie, nor commit a fraud, nor strike my brother, nor leave the beggar in the ditch, nor parade my superiorities, without knowing it by direct intimation.

From Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 by Octavius Brooks Frothingham

By right of these superiorities, the eagle reigns as king among birds.

From By the Christmas Fire by Samuel McChord Crothers




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