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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
He’s even changed up his sleep patterns to try to get more rest.
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Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
11 May 2025
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The three-time major champion, lacking only the Wanamaker Trophy for his major collection, ran off three straight bogeys early on the back nine and shot 76.
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Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2025
According to a 2025 report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, roughly 21% of consumers with a credit record were using a buy now, pay later plan from one of six major firms in 2022.
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