as in excellent
of the very best kind
the New England town meeting is a superlative example of grassroots democracy
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Recent Examples of superlative
Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2025
The best films of 2025 are rich with ensembles, with some offering half a dozen performances that feel worthy of year-end superlative consideration.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026
Nebraska’s program has become a commercial superlative across all of college sports—not just among women’s programs.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 14 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
Top-tier television used to entice movie stars with the promise of meaty roles and superlative writing; 2025 television enlists battalions of Oscar winners by waving around a script based on a mid-tier best seller and the prospect of a couple of months on location in Nantucket.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2025
The best films of 2025 are rich with ensembles, with some offering half a dozen performances that feel worthy of year-end superlative consideration.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Noun
There are no Guinness World Records here, and nothing superlative about its architecture or design.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026
Nebraska’s program has become a commercial superlative across all of college sports—not just among women’s programs.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superlative
Adjective
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Apple has somehow emerged from the global hardware shortage as a value buy, with its MacBook Neo offering an excellent modern computing experience for a mere $600.—
Jon Martindale,
PC Magazine,
2 Apr. 2026
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Harbor locals should boast that one of the county’s singularly excellent pizzerias is in their backyard.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Behind the private gates of Clos du Lac, where vineyards edge the winding roads, one hilltop estate overlooking Folsom Lake pulls off the Mediterranean spirit so seamlessly that comparisons to the Italian countryside don’t feel like exaggeration.—
David Caraccio
March 28,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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Together, these individuals bedevil lawmakers with their flag-waving and their exaggerations about the alien problem.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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His disaffection baffles his acquaintances and pains his tubercular wife (a superb Quinn Jackson), whose doctor (Lambert Tamin) has only contempt for her husband’s agonizing.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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UConn's superb sophomore already has five points in the first four minutes of this semifinal, including a 3-pointer.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Silicon Bayou label may not be hyperbole for northern Louisiana.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Much is made of the iconography of the character of Mary Poppins — one of cinema's most famous, hyperbole be darned — but perhaps not enough is owed to how Julie Andrews, on the cusp of 30, simultaneously brought green charisma and decades of wisdom to the magical, practical nanny.—
Darren Franich,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The teams got invaluable data — and some wonderful video too.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
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Books Are Magic, a wonderful bookshop owned by novelist Emma Staub, alone could suck up an entire morning.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Under magnification the spores appear roundish, colorless, and smooth to slightly rough.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Mar. 2026
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With the 10x eyepiece lenses and the 3x objective lens, the overall magnification of 30x gave a wide field of view and enabled good magnification of a large portion of the specimen.—
Heather Barker,
Space.com,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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There’s a terrific movie buried in a two-and-a-half-hour runtime — which cost him a competition slot at Venice.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
29 Mar. 2026
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Both Pavel Zacha and Elias Lindholm scored two goals apiece and Jeremy Swayman made 31 saves for a terrific win.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The press release did not provide details on the allegations and the office did not respond to a message seeking elaboration on specific cases.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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To highlight his creative process, instead of a look book, Mabire-Larguier showcased the toile of his design on a dummy at the entrance to the studio, with pattern-marks and pins on show, all the better to signify the technique involved in its elaboration.—
Alex Wynne,
Footwear News,
29 Jan. 2026
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