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Recent Examples of supernormal The vision that’s ascribed to him is instead the microscopic view—a dissector’s terrifying, supernormal closeness to the facts. Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 11 June 2021 Workers at a handful of firms, including Amazon and Walmart, have made superhuman efforts to fulfil online orders, and their investors have made supernormal profits as Wall Street has bid up their shares on euphoria that Western retailing is at the cutting edge. The Economist, 30 Dec. 2020 Adversarial examples can be seen as a form of supernormal stimuli for neural networks. IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2018 The Tax Policy Center assumes that 60% of corporate income taxes fall on what are called supernormal returns, which are the extra profits some companies can earn because of strategic advantages such as monopolistic power. Richard Rubin, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supernormal
Adjective
  • This creature’s strength is superhuman, which is unfortunate for anyone who happens to provoke him.
    Lindsey Bahr, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Moments that remind you that not every hero needs a cape or superhuman strength to uplift the world.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The stunning Louvre museum heist earlier this week in Paris offers an uncanny encapsulation of the broader society-wide phenomenon.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The film examines the exhilarating and uncanny experience of meeting a blood brother for the first time in adulthood.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Although Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy reprised their roles as the magical trio for the 2022 sequel, Birch, Katz and Shaw were not present for the onscreen reunion.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Enjoying a swimming hole in the summer is a prime Vermont pastime, but the state's waterways are just as magical in the colder months.
    Megan Margulies, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The bad feelings flared up moments after Payton's Broncos pulled off a miraculous rally on Sunday, beating New York 33-32 in a game that Denver trailed by 18 with six minutes left.
    David K. Li, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Since defeating the Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders and Denver Broncos and raising expectations around the NFL, the Chargers have been on a less-than-stellar stretch in which their only victory in their past four games was a miraculous, last-minute win over the struggling Miami Dolphins.
    Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Supernormal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supernormal. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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