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Recent Examples of superposed
Again, the superposed vector can be decomposed into its constituents.
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Anil Ananthaswamy, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
Like entanglement, the superposed states essential to its power are fragile, collapsing when measured or otherwise perturbed by the outside world.
—Gabriel Popkin, Science | AAAS, 3 June 2021
Google’s machine has 53 qubits, which between them can represent nearly ten million billion possible superposed states.
—The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
Before the measurement, the various superposed states interfere with one another in a wavelike manner, producing outcomes with higher or lower probabilities.
—Philip Ball, WIRED, 28 July 2019
Anil Ananthaswamy, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
Like entanglement, the superposed states essential to its power are fragile, collapsing when measured or otherwise perturbed by the outside world.
—Gabriel Popkin, Science | AAAS, 3 June 2021
Google’s machine has 53 qubits, which between them can represent nearly ten million billion possible superposed states.
—The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
Before the measurement, the various superposed states interfere with one another in a wavelike manner, producing outcomes with higher or lower probabilities.
—Philip Ball, WIRED, 28 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for superposed
underlying
Adjective
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The underlying numbers suggest KU isn’t helping itself on early downs.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025
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His underlying numbers at five-on-five held steady, too.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Superposed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superposed. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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