superiority
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Livia may have been the awkward “country mouse” of her class, but she was a prodigy, and her fragile self-esteem relied on the superiority of her playing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Arsenal's superiority was illustrated by having 26 shots, their most in a single Champions League match since records started being kept in 2003-04.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 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
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
Perhaps it was because he did not have that familiar superiority of English people who thought they understood Africans better than Africans understood themselves and, instead, had an endearing uncertainty about him—almost a shyness.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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"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
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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
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By right of these superiorities, the eagle reigns as king among birds.
From By the Christmas Fire by Samuel McChord Crothers
The mental faculties of Louis-Napoleon present many great superiorities and great deficiencies.
From Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 by William Walton
Vocabulary lists containing superiority
Power Prefix: super-
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