superlative
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Everyday investors helped drive the shares up 19% in opening-day trading, creating another superlative for Musk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said the life jacket was an "incredibly iconic and poignant item with a superlative provenance".
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
It’s unwieldy and imperfect but also at times quite moving thanks to the superlative work of its stars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
It’s tough to top the superlative energy Moore shared with Asner, Valerie Harper’s wisecracking Rhoda Morgenstern and Cloris Leachman as Mary’s smugly married downstairs neighbor, Phyllis.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026
He pursues speed with superlative courage, pushing beyond defeat, beyond exhaustion, sometimes beyond the structural limits of bone and sinew.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Raymond James analyst Melissa Fairbanks said she’s “running out of superlatives to describe performance” for Micron.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
This week, he got superlatives: the world’s biggest IPO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
For Antonelli, the superlatives just keep on coming.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which will probably get a $1.8 trillion price tag when it debuts on the Nasdaq next week, carries a host of superlatives.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
And there you have it: superlatives, in a nutshell.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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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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