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Recent Examples of supernormal As one example, many animals have been observed to be susceptible to supernormal stimuli. IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2018 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 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 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
  • With his sword, superhuman strength, and loyal friends, He-Man defends Eternia and the secrets of Castle Grayskull from the forces of the evil sorcerer Skeletor.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 15 June 2025
  • Previously, Munn played tenacious news journalist Sloan Sabbith on Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom series, as well as known for playing superhuman mutant Betsy Braddock in X-Men: Apocalypse.
    Jeff Conway, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Adjective
  • In Girls with Long Shadows, the triplets are linked by that uncanny psychological and physical sibling familiarity; if one sister has a headache, the other two’s temples pulse with empathetic pain.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
  • That the vice president would be more amusing with less hair, a perfectly rounded face, and an uncanny, doll-like stare?
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • The magical moment made Cyrus the first official guest performer of the tour.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 20 June 2025
  • Lionel Messi’s free kick from just outside the Porto penalty area in the 54th minute provided this Club World Cup with its first magical moment.
    Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • In genre-bender Death of a Unicorn, starring Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega, a father (Rudd) and daughter (Ortega) accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where his billionaire boss (Richard E. Grant) seeks to exploit the creature’s miraculous curative properties.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 June 2025
  • My father is a miraculous man as MAGA movement marks 10 years.
    , FOXNews.com, 17 June 2025

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“Supernormal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supernormal. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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