superordinate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of superordinate 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 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. 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 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
  • The 2022-23 Gophers had more individual talent than perhaps any roster that has gathered in Minneapolis, and spent much of the season atop the national rankings.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Check back throughout the night for live updates and highlights, including social media posts, videos, quotes and more.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Zack Rosenblatt is a senior writer for The Athletic covering the New York Jets.
    Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 28 Jan. 2025
  • McKenzie was a senior personnel executive with the Dolphins over the past six seasons.
    David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • By comparison, OpenAI, Google and other major U.S. companies are on track to invest a total of roughly $1 trillion in AI over the coming years, according to Goldman Sachs.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2025
  • In 2016, Target stated that trans employees and customers could use bathrooms that aligned with their gender identity, becoming one of the first major retailers to speak out amid national debates over trans bathroom accessibility.
    Abby Monteil, Them, 27 Jan. 2025

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“Superordinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superordinate. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.

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