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superiority

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


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Football reorganised around possession, positioning and numerical superiority with the ball as the centre of everything.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

He thus described America, still stuck with its original system of government, as “slow to see” the superiority of the European system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The mission was the second of the Artemis program, which aims to put humans back on the moon for the first time since the 1970s and prove the U.S.’s space superiority over rivals, namely China.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Low-cost autonomous battle systems, missiles, and interceptor missiles have dominated those conflicts, with combatants looking to add more autonomous systems and counter-drone systems to achieve technical superiority.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Soon he is taking Marie-Laure along on various errands again, teasing her about the mountains of sugar she spoons into her coffee or bantering with warders about the superiority of his brand of cigarettes.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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