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superior

[suh-peer-ee-er, soo-] / səˈpɪər i ər, sʊ- /




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Should a player who transfers and has superior talent immediately get to start over a player who has been in the program for three years busting his butt?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

This was the first time Russell has produced a weekend like this all year, when he was simply superior.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

His mother, in turn, had been introduced to the store by her grandmother, Georgia Bullock, a decades-long Pasadena resident and the first woman to serve as a municipal and superior court judge in California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

If you have the ability to latch on to a superior strategy and close your eyes then that could earn you an extra percentage point or two in the long run.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

To say one body of evidence is superior to another is to adopt the viewpoint of one community and reject that of another.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Several said they had been made to sign contracts that they did not understand, were poorly equipped and found communication with their superiors difficult due to the language barrier.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

He also raised safety concerns with his superiors.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

Hochman said Flores simply could have taken notes on the inappropriate comments and turned them in to superiors or the independent inspector general, which strikes me as either sweetly naive or disingenuous.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

They have the authority to approve loans on their own but aren’t able to decline them without authorization from superiors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

A moody man, often competent, bad-tempered, wealthy, aspires to a place in Richmond society, frets and broods and fights with superiors.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara




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