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Recent Examples of superordinateIn 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
The district was required to provide more instruction under the IDEA.
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Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump has launched harsh immigration actions in his first 100 days in office—detaining more people for immigration violations, allowing arrests outside schools and courthouses, and sending more than 200 Venezuelan men to be imprisoned in El Salvador.
The College of Cardinals, or the church's most senior officials residing either at the Vatican or spread across the world, gather in Rome to choose the next pope.
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Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
Hegseth was already facing questions about his sharing of details about the March attack on Houthi rebels in a separate group chat that included several senior administration officials.
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Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2025
Prior to release, a leaker hacked into the systems of the developers at Naughty Dog and spoiled major plot points from the story months in advance, which fueled a barrage of toxic responses, including death threats, against the creators.
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EW.com,
EW.com,
21 Apr. 2025
Quail Hollow Club was the host to the PGA Championship back in 2017, when Thomas won his first major championship.
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