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superiority

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


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“The decision will have broader implications for carrier readiness, national security, and U.S. technological superiority, potentially creating opportunities for adversaries to close the capability gap,” the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 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

What is obvious is Matisse’s superiority; little wonder that he was attacked.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

Fiji dominated the attacking statistics but Wales managed to contain them, while their set-piece superiority resulted in three of the six tries coming from driving mauls as head coach Steve Tandy's game plan proved successful.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

I approached the soldier with an air of superiority and thrust out my papers.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

"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

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

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

It was an affirmation that, appearances notwithstanding, neither superiorities nor excellences of human character had any real existence.

From The Cult of Incompetence by Beatrice Barstow

They have the two enormous superiorities: first, that the Irish Protestant rioters really believe in Protestant theology; and second, that the Irish Protestant rioters do really riot.

From George Bernard Shaw by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton




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