superlative

Example Sentences

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“The more investors believe in this continuing productivity boom, the more money investors will make as the superlative returns for the leading Mag 7 become the superlative returns for the lagging Rest.”

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

Mr. Hunter is unquestionably among the first tier of American playwrights, and his crystalline works are bountiful gifts to actors, in this case particularly the superlative Paul Sparks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

When it comes to the superlative, time-eclipsing musical achievements of The Beatles, technological innovation has been there every step of the way.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025

Highlights included the Vienna Symphony's superlative performance of Bruckner's Symphony No 9, and star conductor Klaus Mäkelä, who delivered an astonishingly emotional version of Gustav Mahler's Fifth Symphony with the Netherlands' Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

They were getting the kind of superlative performance they had come to expect, and they had come alive.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger