How to Use superposition in a Sentence

superposition

noun

• Because of superposition, a qubit can be zero, one or a mix of both at once.
  — Aldo Romero, The Conversation, 15 July 2026
• While bits are either a 1 or a 0, qubits can be in a superposition of the both states.
  — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
• Thanks to superposition, the two fields cancel and create a net field of zero.
  — WIRED, 27 Oct. 2023
• In a quantum sense, its superposition remains in both states at the same time, as a wave function that is both alive and dead.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2021
• In superposition, quantum bits exist in two states—both a 0 and a 1—at the same time.
  — Karen Hao, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2022
• But how will space-time warp if the object itself is in a superposition of two locations?
  — Anil Ananthaswamy, WIRED, 29 Dec. 2024
• This state of neither just 1 or just 0 is known as a quantum superposition.
  — Daniel Lidar, Discover Magazine, 23 Nov. 2023
• In this scenario, a qubit can be in some superposition of the values +1 and –1.
  — Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
• Alice measures the spin of a stream of electrons that are prepared in a superposition state.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 19 Aug. 2020
• The irony is that Einstein himself is in a superposition of being both wrong and right.
  — Ahmed Almheiri, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2022
• This allows a set of two (or more) atoms to entangle in a quantum superposition.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 16 Feb. 2023
• But, as mentioned, the qubit can also exist in a superposition of the 0 and 1 states.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 21 Aug. 2024
• Rubino’s team looked at a quantum superposition with a state that evolves both backward and forward in time.
  — Stav Dimitropoulos, Popular Mechanics, 22 Apr. 2022
• The team found that they are caused by a process known as linear superposition, in which two wave systems cross and amplify each other.
  — Michael Franco, New Atlas, 19 July 2024
• The first qubit acted as a controller, prepared in a quantum superposition state.
  — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 13 Dec. 2025
• The issue is that these quantum superpositions are very fragile.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2025
• Then use Shor’s method to convert that large superposition into a simpler state and read the result.
  — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 17 Oct. 2023
• Due to a property called superposition, a qubit can represent both a 0 and 1 at the same time.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2020
• In a quality called superposition, a particle can exist in many states at once.
  — Pamir Alpay, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2024
• The idea is to create a mass that exists in two different locations at the same time in a quantum superposition of both states.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2024
• Take the case where a massive object is put into a superposition of two possible locations at the same time.
  — Katie McCormick, Quanta Magazine, 25 Oct. 2021
• To show the superposition, our arrow in the plot rotates 90 degrees.
  — Charles D. Brown Ii, Scientific American, 16 May 2023
• The nerds down the street from the Niners’ facility would say this team is in a state of quantum superposition.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
• Recall the Schrödinger’s cat thought experiment, in which a cat exists in a superposition of states, both dead and alive.
  — Hartmut Neven, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2024
• Like Schrodinger's cat, qubits can be both ones and zeros at once, a property known as superposition.
  — Anand Oswal, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
• The length of time the lasers are applied, as well as their relative phases, control the resulting superposition state of the qubit.
  — Paul Smith-Goodson, Forbes, 2 June 2022
• Unlike classical bits, qubits can exist in two states at once, a property called superposition.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
• This is something that makes no sense in the classical world, but is allowed in quantum mechanics through superposition.
  — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 13 Dec. 2025
• Qubits can be in a superposition—strange combinations of 0s and 1s.
  — Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
• What is uncommon, though, is something of any substantial size being able to maintain a superposition state.
  — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 4 May 2023