superlative
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Superlative reviews around the world ensured its place in the door-stopping canon of modern literary classics.
From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2020
Superlative feats have always thrilled average mortals, in part, perhaps, because they register as a victory for Team Homo Sapiens: they redefine the humanly possible.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 27, 2018
Superlative ensemble work often gets lost in the awards shuffle.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2016
Serie A sighs as Milan flop on Superlative Sunday More top stories Win tickets to see Chelsea v Aston Villa Today in Sport - live!
From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2010
"I'm laughing," said Stover, loud enough for Dennis down the hall to hear, "at the Superiority of the Superlative over the Comparative."
From The Varmint by Gruger, Frederic Rodrigo
Vocabulary lists containing superlative
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Power Prefix: super-
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Language and Grammar - Introductory
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