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as in dominance
controlling power or influence over others
the Roman empire had supremacy over the entire Mediterranean world
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as in excellence
exceptionally high quality
the supremacy of cashmere among wools accounts for its high price
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as in superiority
the fact or state of being above others in rank or importance
England's maritime supremacy in the 18th century
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Recent Examples of supremacy
The Biden administration has already restricted the flow of AI chips from Nvidia, AMD, and other chipmakers to more than 40 countries across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia to prevent them from being diverted to China, which the U.S. is battling for semiconductor supremacy.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
Booneville and Charleston renew their fight for supremacy in the 3A-1 Conference, where Booneville opens against Cedarville and Charleston plays at West Fork.
—Rick Fires, arkansasonline.com, 22 Sep. 2024
Ontario Christian could be the team to challenge Etiwanda for girls’ basketball supremacy.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
The pressure may be strongest on Google and Microsoft, two companies locked in battle for AI supremacy.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
Booneville and Charleston renew their fight for supremacy in the 3A-1 Conference, where Booneville opens against Cedarville and Charleston plays at West Fork.
—Rick Fires, arkansasonline.com, 22 Sep. 2024
Ontario Christian could be the team to challenge Etiwanda for girls’ basketball supremacy.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
The pressure may be strongest on Google and Microsoft, two companies locked in battle for AI supremacy.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supremacy
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The dominance of automobiles and the infrastructure that supports them over many decades only seems inevitable in hindsight.Nir Eisikovits, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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According to both Ives and Musk, that’s likely positive for Tesla, given its dominance in the market.William Gavin, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
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The nation also won both U17 and U20 world titles in 2016 demonstrating a concerted excellence in women's soccer at youth level.Asif Burhan, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The celebrity and business leader list reads like a who’s who of Black excellence in the U.S.: Tyler Perry, Brian Tyree Henry, Don Cheadle, Spike Lee, John Legend, Jermaine Dupri, Bakari Sellers and so on (and on…).Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Nov. 2024
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The wholesale engulfing of the myth of white superiority is what makes that kind of violence.Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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The film explores how the extremists combine violence, threatened or actual, with sophisticated social media campaigns to bring their pseudoscientific claims of racial superiority to the mainstream.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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Beyond baseball, New York still held cultural domination.Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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Paris Hilton, Martha Stewart, and More Celebrities with Unique Names for Their Famous Dogs Max's domination of naming charts started before 2022.Kelli Bender, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Education was considered an individual pursuit marked by moral excellency and only the students who did the best in school would have proceeded to higher education.Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
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Zurich said the Game Changer Award pays tribute to excellency in the film business with a focus on leaders that not only cherish change and forward-thinking approaches in the business, but also stand for the DNA of what cinema has represented since its invention.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024
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Glimpses of past traumas and ongoing tribulations are thrown into balance the full breadth of a character striving to solidify her dominion.Holly Jones, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
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Spain’s colonial tenure ended in the twilight years of the nineteenth century with the emergence of the United States as a world power, hungry for its own offshore dominions.Jon Lee Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
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You’re definitely not allowed to claim sovereignty.Katie Hunt, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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This resilience not only reduces downtime but also supports compliance with strict data sovereignty and regulatory requirements, making Azure Local a robust solution for mission-critical environments.Janakiram MSV, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Supremacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supremacy. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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