as in excellent
of the very best kind
the New England town meeting is a superlative example of grassroots democracy
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as in exaggeration
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Recent Examples of superlative
Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 9 Jan. 2025
Rayah Marshall is a superlative defender, averaging 3.3 stocks (steals + blocks) and a team-best rebounding percentage.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
These numbers instead aim to simply illustrate trends or superlatives.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 10 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Some of the superlative heat levels of the last two years were linked to the emergence of an El Niño—part of a natural climate phenomenon that features warmer than normal waters in the tropical Pacific Ocean.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 9 Jan. 2025
Rayah Marshall is a superlative defender, averaging 3.3 stocks (steals + blocks) and a team-best rebounding percentage.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
Here are seven superlatives to assess Nebraska’s transfer class to date:
The biggest surprise?
—Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
These numbers instead aim to simply illustrate trends or superlatives.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superlative
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Kansas City’s secondary is also excellent at tackling and does a good job of limiting explosive runs.—
Ted Nguyen,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Both teams are excellent at converting third downs.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
24 Jan. 2025
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But the idea that there will be some massive fire sale ahead of March 7 also would be an exaggeration, if for no other reason than the fact the team doesn’t have that many notable pending UFAs.—
Pierre LeBrun,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Public faith in public health officials has plummeted because of exaggerations and outright falsehoods.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Timber and Gabriel did well to delay him or suppress his shots when Villa managed to find him in one-on-one situations but Watkins was superb in the second half and the unfamiliarity of Arsenal’s team was exposed for Villa’s two goals.—
Jordan Campbell,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
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These superb lead performances by all-time-great cast members work perfectly in concert, capturing and skewering a specific self-serious art-house style.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Yankee fans long ago stopped buying into Boone’s hyperbole.—
Chris Kirschner,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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That rhetoric, some of which rises to the level of hyperbole, is not particularly helpful in focusing on the precise legal issues to be decided in the present case.—
Peter J Reilly,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The melty cheese and crispy bread are a wonderful combination.—
Nick Siano,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Jan. 2025
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Away from the bottle-poppers of Mykonos, but hardly removed from the season’s social buzz, the white-washed, flat-roofed villas that wrap the cliffs of Santorini are wonderful places to while away a summer.—
Christopher Cameron,
Robb Report,
27 Jan. 2025
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For looking at the night sky, choose at least 10x42, preferably 10x50, which keeps the magnification low enough to easily navigate the night sky while allowing enough light in at night.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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The strong gravitational magnification enabled astronomers to detect faint background sources and study their internal structures, which can lead to identifying individual stars in distant galaxies, according to the paper.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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And Kieran Culkin is the highlight of the piece, absolutely terrific in a mercurial and emotional role, and the Golden Globe winner and Screen Actors Guild nominee is the clear favorite to win best supporting actor.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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This model has been a terrific success for decades and should be used with UAPs.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Every great city prides its ability to rebound after ruin.—
Shawn Hubler,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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But what makes the coffee shop experience important to us as individuals and a society is something greater than the sum of its parts.—
David G. Allan,
CNN,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Superlative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superlative. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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