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superiority

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


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And Antonelli was able to convert that choice into a one-stop race while almost everyone else did two, emphasising his superiority as he finished 16 seconds clear of Leclerc.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

The wicker man’s superiority makes all the villagers feel ashamed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

I won’t miss his countless platitudes delivered in a voice of the deepest solemnity conveying moral superiority.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

All of them have top-flight or international experience, as well as physicality to their game, but even those additions did little to prevent Arsenal from asserting their superiority on Friday night.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

The scents wrestle one another for superiority, but I don’t mind it; everything smells divine.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

"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

Had not his old mentor always sung of the superiorities of that tongue?

From Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life by Stuart Oliver Henry

Capital is only formed by self-denial, and if the possession of it did not secure advantages and superiorities of a high order men would never submit to what is necessary to get it.

From What Social Classes Owe to Each Other by William Graham Sumner


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