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
Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2026
Seafood and cocktails with lavender, thyme, and other local herbs seduce guests in the superlative beach club on A-lister Plage de Pampelonne.
—Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Jan. 2026
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
Here, several superlative sectionals that earned high marks in all sorts of sit tests.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 12 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
This superlative coat can feature more than 155,000 hairs per square centimeter (about 1,000,000 hairs per square inch), roughly 10 times as many hairs as the coats of most cats.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2026
Seafood and cocktails with lavender, thyme, and other local herbs seduce guests in the superlative beach club on A-lister Plage de Pampelonne.
—Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Jan. 2026
Noun
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.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
Here, several superlative sectionals that earned high marks in all sorts of sit tests.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superlative
Adjective
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Christopher Sanchez has once again been excellent, and Jacob Misiorowski has often looked unhittable with over 14 strikeouts per nine innings.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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The excellent, nonprofit gallery and incubator known as PlatteForum has moved around a bit over the years, and will reopen in the Art District on Santa Fe starting June 5.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Each reiteration and exaggeration of Mary’s bad behavior is another civic stroke of the chisel that perfects the monumental Lincoln in our collective imagination.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Trump’s penchant for exaggeration, self-promotion, and misrepresentation is hardly new.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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They’re brought to life by the superb voice turns of Will Sharpe and Stephanie Hsu in a chronicle of two young people weathering some of life’s harshest storms.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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But Old Trafford remains a superb football ground.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
Noun
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The Culture Yard, like many Copenhagen sustainability leaders, avoids greenwashing and marketing hyperbole.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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Having to fight and co-exist with those hell-bent on spewing lies and attention-grabbing hyperbole only clouds up the room, ruins the mood and takes away minutes from those who have been tackling real problems that truly need their government’s help.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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The aesthetic is going to go a lot of different places across Season 8, too, including two episodes in the round and the finale, which Badner wouldn’t dare spoil but is proud of the wonderful collaboration between the production design, camera, and lighting teams.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
19 May 2026
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Shrubs, such as American filbert (Corylus americana), are a wonderful way to add interest to your landscape throughout multiple seasons.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Cosmetic mirror Cosmetic mirrors with 3x magnification or more make everything from applying makeup to tweezing eyebrows easier.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
20 May 2026
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The robot has a camera with ten times the magnifying capability, as compared to a standard magnifying loop that has three and a half times magnification.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
Adjective
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Home-Run Balls, named for a popular Korean snack of the same shape, are terrific gougère puffs filled with foie-gras cream, and a spring-pea lettuce cup was clean and bright.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
24 May 2026
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Starters Joe Ryan and Bailey Ober have been terrific.—
John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
22 May 2026
Noun
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Then, in 2011, Jungsik Yim opened this intimidatingly elegant restaurant, introducing New Yorkers to a rarefied modern elaboration of the cuisine that was both grand in sweep and granular in detail.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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But only two days later, the operation was put on hold without much elaboration, other than that Pakistan and other countries requested it to move negotiations forward that would end the war.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
7 May 2026
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“Superlative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superlative. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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