superior
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His superior, Abdul Samad, shows us an unmarked graveyard, saying his father is buried here, killed fighting for the Taliban.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Paxton has acknowledged that Talarico’s superior spending has affected the standing of the race.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
People aren’t just convinced that the food in Europe is superior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Aiming for middle-of-the-road returns could still be a compelling strategy if the midcaps produced superior risk-adjusted performance.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
As a result, the English stuck to Newton’s fluxion notation rather than adopting Leibniz’s superior differential notation—cutting off their noses to spite their faces.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
He claimed the department sought to make an example of him because he refused to implicate his superiors in wrongdoing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 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
Stilwell, who refrains from sharing his first name, operates on Catalina Island, a dumping ground for officers who’ve either botched cases or run afoul of their superiors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Captain Roque Carnicero mentioned it to the other officers and they told their superiors.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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