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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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Folks can read more about end-of-life doula training and practices, and search a directory, on the National End-of-Life Doula Alliance website.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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Smaller, independent businesses often have more flexibility to source locally, and your dollars are more likely to circulate through an entire regional supply chain instead of reinforcing national ones.—
Maryam Ahmed,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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One of the area’s top two-way threats last spring, the senior left-hander/first baseman has been good enough to still be an anchor in the Blackhawks’ batting order and atop the pitching rotation.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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That would be Cameron Foster, the longtime NFL agent who last year signed a one-year deal with UW to serve as its athletic department’s senior director of contracts and cap management.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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This is a boom-or-bust pick, as Banks has some of the highest pass-rushing upside in the draft but major injury concerns.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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Mike Florio and Chris Simms discuss some of the top storylines heading into the 2026 NFL draft and explain why this year likely won’t have a major story like the slide of Shedeur Sanders.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Superordinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superordinate. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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