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Recent Examples of superordinate
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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for superordinate
Adjective
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Under that philosophy, all problems can be solved by adding more data and more compute power.—
Brad Templeton,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court cleared the way yesterday for the state to permanently enact a ban on conversion therapy in a ruling that gives the governor more power over how state laws are enacted.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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According to a statement obtained by PEOPLE, Cheshire Constabulary confirmed three individuals who were part of the senior leadership team at the Countess of Chester Hospital in 2015-2016 were arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter on Monday, June 30.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
1 July 2025
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As a result of the imminent split, MSNBC has made some key hires (including senior vp of newsgathering Scott Matthews and DC chief Sudeep Reddy), while also losing some key talent, like Steve Kornacki, who will remain focused on NBC News.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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There have been 50 major model releases in just the first six months of 2025, with lots of different sizes, features, and use cases (see the table below).—
Steven Wolfe Pereira,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The tour marks Ballerini’s first visit to Australia in seven years, and follows her major U.S. arena tour supporting her 2024 album PATTERNS.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
1 July 2025
Cite this Entry
“Superordinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superordinate. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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