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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
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Goldman Sachs analysts indicated that at least so far, the rise in stock prices has been accompanied by solid underlying growth.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
14 Oct. 2025
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Aaron Scott, a partner at Dechert in London, noted that CLOs issued since 2013 benefit from improved structural protections put in place in the years following the 2008 Global Financial Crisis — such as lower leverage, stricter ratings criteria and tougher tests on the underlying loan collateral.—
Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Superposed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superposed. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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