superior
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Hodgkinson does, however, have superior championship experience compared to Werro, who clinched her first senior international medal by taking world indoor silver behind the Briton in March.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
There’s good news in Brian Cox returning as their cranky superior, except it looks like two days of work, tops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
EasyJet last month said that Apollo's informal bid, valued also at £5.7 billion, delivered a "superior outcome" for shareholders compared to the Castlelake proposal.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
“A superior competing offer for VAU represents the key upside risk, however, we consider this to be an extremely low probability.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Your lady may prefer this. It’s a superior article, a most desirable color, quite chaste and genteel,” he said, shaking out a comfortable gray shawl, and throwing it over Jo’s shoulders.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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Hochman said Flores simply could have taken notes on the inappropriate comments and turned them in to superiors or the independent inspector general, which strikes me as either sweetly naive or disingenuous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Others have focused on traditional benchmarks such as economic growth, seeking high-profile investments and “prestige projects” to impress superiors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
First-year mids, Crew said, are actually required to read two news articles daily, and to discuss them with their superiors.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
Those officers "could either on their own initiative or following orders from their superiors" help "facilitate an escape that would make it impossible for the accused to be available to justice", he wrote.
From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026
She submitted a list of the bonds she wished to downgrade to her superiors and received back a list of what she was permitted to downgrade.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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