as in excellent
of the very best kind
the New England town meeting is a superlative example of grassroots democracy
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as in exaggeration
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Recent Examples of superlative
Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Co-founders David Vogel and Barry Miller assert that the constant maintenance of employee health and welfare is as important as achieving consistently superlative results for Voloridge clients.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2025
New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
Having succumbed to madness, Hopper’s character worships Kurtz, crediting him as a warrior poet who has enlarged his mind, among other superlatives.
—Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
The Giants are still quite far away from turning these young, superlative fastballs into sustainable success.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Co-founders David Vogel and Barry Miller assert that the constant maintenance of employee health and welfare is as important as achieving consistently superlative results for Voloridge clients.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2025
Noun
But thanks to Andrew Cuomo’s time as governor, the once awful Third World landing field in Queens now matches Fiorello the man in superlatives.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
Having succumbed to madness, Hopper’s character worships Kurtz, crediting him as a warrior poet who has enlarged his mind, among other superlatives.
—Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superlative
Adjective
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This is an excellent time to invest, pitch a creative idea or spruce up your portfolio.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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Greenery also makes an excellent addition to a resortcore space.—
Cori Sears,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 June 2025
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Because the global economy is confidently transforming into a knowledge economy: Its foundation consists of innovations, technologies and data, which, without exaggeration, can be called the oil of the 21st century.—
Olena Orliuk,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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What followed on Tuesday was an hour and a half filled with many familiar falsehoods and exaggerations about his accomplishments, including on tariffs, immigration and his rollback of Biden administration policies.—
Linda Qiu,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The subterranean concert hall has superb sound and aesthetics—the work of the Italian-Danish duo GramFratesi, who drew inspiration from Epicurean philosophy, ancient Greece and the history of artistic expression through the ages—and it’s arranged with great precision and attention to detail.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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Once again, the guest cast is superb: Bill Camp, sporting a magnificent handlebar mustache, is gloriously gruff as Wall Street power broker J.P. Morgan, who joins George in his railroad scheme.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
12 June 2025
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For Ab-Soul, rapping is not only his musical gift but a tool to honor his past, present, and future, while depicting life’s highs and lows through metaphors, hyperbole, and personification.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
6 June 2025
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Saying that the present economic uncertainty could be traumatizing to Americans may seem like hyperbole.—
Clare Morell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Into this mid-1980s maelstrom stepped the fanzines and a wonderful array of titles.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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Though not a traditional kids’ movie by any stretch, there’s still a lot of wonderful Dignan-esque scheming involved in Mr. Fox (George Clooney) stealing from the adjoining farms of Boggis, Bunce, and Bean, and the film has the warmth of an old Rankin-Bass production.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
7 June 2025
Noun
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Precision all-glass optics with 6x optical image magnification and a unique electronic image zoom system provide up to 36x magnification.—
Matt Morris,
Space.com,
25 May 2025
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The higher the magnification, the closer objects will be.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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Esquivel didn’t allow an earned run in a terrific game-one performance against Lovejoy.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 June 2025
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With no wind or other elements for the players to confront, both produced some terrific tennis for stretches.—
Howard Fendrich,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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No putt was more important than his 20-foot par putt up the ridge on No. 9 to finish off a great round the right way.—
Doug Ferguson,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2025
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The idea was to allow developers to build more profitable market-rate apartments using greater height and density while providing financial support to balance out the lower rents for workforce tenants.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
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“Superlative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superlative. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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