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Recent Examples of superordinate
Their vision does not reflect the idea that computing can or should be a superordinate realm of scholarship, on the order of the arts or engineering.
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Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
In close coordination with the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media as the superordinate body, the Federal Archives is seeking ways to discontinue the obligation to pay fees also for the commercial use of images from the period until 1945.
—Manolis Vasilakis, The New York Review of Books, 20 Apr. 2023
In addition to eroding public trust in the government, the COVID crisis has made clear that a political system that has been tailored to a single superordinate figure is highly susceptible to disruption, shocks, and arbitrary decision-making.
—Yanzhong Huang, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2023
Decades of research that followed focused on the benefits of superordinate goals (that supersede any particular group’s interests) including goals to fight a common enemy or to create a common identity.
—K.n.c., The Economist, 14 Aug. 2019
Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
In close coordination with the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media as the superordinate body, the Federal Archives is seeking ways to discontinue the obligation to pay fees also for the commercial use of images from the period until 1945.
—Manolis Vasilakis, The New York Review of Books, 20 Apr. 2023
In addition to eroding public trust in the government, the COVID crisis has made clear that a political system that has been tailored to a single superordinate figure is highly susceptible to disruption, shocks, and arbitrary decision-making.
—Yanzhong Huang, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2023
Decades of research that followed focused on the benefits of superordinate goals (that supersede any particular group’s interests) including goals to fight a common enemy or to create a common identity.
—K.n.c., The Economist, 14 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for superordinate
Adjective
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Eating more high-fat cheese was also linked to a 29% lower risk of vascular dementia, a common type of cognitive decline caused by reduced or blocked blood flow to the brain.—
Julia Ries Wexler,
Health,
9 Jan. 2026
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Friends of the Everglades is pushing for 160 square miles of additional conservation land in the Everglades Agricultural Area, to create space for 1 million more acre-feet of water storage.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Talla Mountjoy is senior director of programs for the Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression at the University of Chicago.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Jan. 2026
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Last month before the Alamo Bowl, starting quarterback Jayden Maiava announced his intention to stay at USC for his redshirt senior season after leading the Big Ten with 3,711 passing yards.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
15 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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José, Johnny, Saleem, Adolfo or Carlos had spent the penultimate day of 1973 preparing to shoot dead Joseph Edward Sieff, the Jewish president of Marks & Spencer, a major retail chain whose upmarket shops were to be found on high streets across Britain, and a prominent supporter of Israel.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Jan. 2026
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The Trust for Public Land releases a yearly ranking of major cities in the US based on their residents’ access to public recreation areas – the city of Los Angeles ranks an embarrassing 90th, highlighting that access is undoubtedly a concern.—
Rafael Perez,
Daily News,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Superordinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superordinate. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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