as in excellent
of the very best kind
the New England town meeting is a superlative example of grassroots democracy
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Recent Examples of superlative
Aleks Klosok,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
The superlative performance by the 35-year-old former Cy Young Award winner came after Cole had allowed two hits over six scoreless innings against Tampa Bay in his first major league start since Game 5 of the 2024 World Series against the Dodgers.
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CBS News,
27 May 2026
Colby Gordon,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Apr. 2026
Florida is no longer first in men’s college basketball, sad to say (after the Gators lost), but our state is superlative in so many other ways.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
His superlative shot-stopping ability, commanding distribution and defining game-winning moments this season contributed substantially to the Gunners ending their 22-year wait for a Premier League trophy – this after so many recent near misses.
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Aleks Klosok,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
The superlative performance by the 35-year-old former Cy Young Award winner came after Cole had allowed two hits over six scoreless innings against Tampa Bay in his first major league start since Game 5 of the 2024 World Series against the Dodgers.
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CBS News,
27 May 2026
Noun
The District 23-5A girls soccer coaches recently selected their all-district teams and superlative winners.
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Colby Gordon,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Apr. 2026
Florida is no longer first in men’s college basketball, sad to say (after the Gators lost), but our state is superlative in so many other ways.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superlative
Adjective
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And with such excellent transit, there can be much greater housing density.
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His group stage has been consistently excellent without announcing itself — the kind of contribution that shows up in the table rather than the highlights.
Noun
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Pirate ship is no exaggeration.
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But the fastest swimming speed claims are almost certainly indefensible exaggerations.
Adjective
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After multiple close calls, Ivory Coast tied the match in the 74th minute with a superb run by Amad Diallo.
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These popular plants are superb, long-lasting garden ornaments.
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Young salespeople hawked their company’s wares with the hyperbole associated with a consumer business rather than selling business enterprise solutions.
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There is a one in a million chance — that hyperbole is fair — of finding a piece of grass that isn’t up to snuff for the Bos family.
Adjective
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The animals, the cool weather and the wonderful people of this region made for a memorable trip.
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Bat boxes are a wonderful addition to your yard for attracting bats and giving them a safe place to live.
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The 50mm object lenses admit plenty of light and the 18x magnification brings the cosmos closer than some telescopes.
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To build the dataset, Cheng used a DSLR camera paired with a high-magnification zoom lens to photograph mosquitoes and generate training data for the computer vision model.
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But even when Thomson, a terrific baseball lifer, was gone, Bryce Harper was still there in Philly and so was Kyle Schwarber.
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Klepov, who turns 18 on Saturday, had a terrific first OHL season, with 37 goals and 60 assists in 67 games to win the league’s scoring title.
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Lodged among these fiery complaints, the declaration’s single grievance about taxation — unadorned by elaboration or explanation — seems almost tepid.
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The navy did not say how the 16 were encountered, and the Salvadoran military did not respond to requests for elaboration.
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“Superlative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superlative. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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