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Recent Examples of superordinate
In addition to eroding public trust in the government, the COVID crisis has made clear that a political system that has been tailored to a single superordinate figure is highly susceptible to disruption, shocks, and arbitrary decision-making.
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Yanzhong Huang, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2023
Their vision does not reflect the idea that computing can or should be a superordinate realm of scholarship, on the order of the arts or engineering.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
In close coordination with the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media as the superordinate body, the Federal Archives is seeking ways to discontinue the obligation to pay fees also for the commercial use of images from the period until 1945.
—Manolis Vasilakis, The New York Review of Books, 20 Apr. 2023
Decades of research that followed focused on the benefits of superordinate goals (that supersede any particular group’s interests) including goals to fight a common enemy or to create a common identity.
—K.n.c., The Economist, 14 Aug. 2019
Yanzhong Huang, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2023
Their vision does not reflect the idea that computing can or should be a superordinate realm of scholarship, on the order of the arts or engineering.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
In close coordination with the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media as the superordinate body, the Federal Archives is seeking ways to discontinue the obligation to pay fees also for the commercial use of images from the period until 1945.
—Manolis Vasilakis, The New York Review of Books, 20 Apr. 2023
Decades of research that followed focused on the benefits of superordinate goals (that supersede any particular group’s interests) including goals to fight a common enemy or to create a common identity.
—K.n.c., The Economist, 14 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for superordinate
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Realtor says new construction can't keep up with demand Sales of high-end properties — those selling for $3 million or more — softened in the fall with the election, Hartwick said, but that's typical.—
Ruth Thompson,
USA TODAY,
16 Feb. 2025
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The new penalties will be as follows: 1-5 seconds over: Fine 6-15 seconds over: One-stroke penalty 16 seconds or more: Two-stroke penalty The new policy maintains an additional 10 seconds for the player who hits approach shots and putts first on par 3 holes.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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As depicted in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, José, attending Southern Illinois University on a swimming scholarship, met blond beauty queen Mary Louise Andersen, a lively communications major two years his senior who everyone called Kitty.—
Roy Trakin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Feb. 2025
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Tim Johnson is senior director of horticulture at the Chicago Botanic Garden.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2025
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Indeed, Friday night’s Critics Choice Awards marked their first major outing since the devastating loss of their house—but there, hearteningly, Brody picked up his first award for best actor in a comedy series for his performance as Noah in Netflix’s Nobody Wants This.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
8 Feb. 2025
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In the meantime, Parks says some people have left the warehouse, pointing to its distance from downtown, where some of them are employed, as a major issue.—
Adam Crafton,
The Athletic,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Superordinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superordinate. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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