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superlative

[suh-pur-luh-tiv, soo-] / səˈpɜr lə tɪv, sʊ- /


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“I’m struggling to find the right superlative, because it is that extreme.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 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

“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

With its work by Andy Warhol, Francesco Clemente, Jean-Michel Basquiat and many others, our critic called the show “a superlative entrée to the movers and shakers of the period.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

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




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