as in bosses
one who is above another in rank, station, or office
if a customer is rude to you, report it to your superior and she'll handle it
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Recent Examples of superiors
His Army superiors offered to reassign Shane or put him on reserve duty.
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John J. Lennon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
Driscoll indicated his belief that Patel’s reference to his superiors meant the Justice Department and the White House, and Patel did not deny it.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 15 Sep. 2025
These include helping your family, helping your group, demonstrating reciprocity, demonstrating bravery, respecting a hierarchy and your superiors, dividing resources in an equitable way and respecting ownership of property.
—Tracy Brower, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
When there is an incident involving the police, such as an arrest or a traffic stop, police officers should assume they are being watched by their body cameras, which could then be inspected by their superiors.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Despite her male superiors’ desire to close the case and the resistance of a society where women have learned to hide themselves to ensure their safety, Noelle is determined to identify the body and uncover the truth.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
Picquart reopens the investigation and pushes for a retrial, butting heads with his superiors and with a disloyal, antisemitic subordinate (Grégory Gadebois)—ultimately derailing his military career in the pursuit of justice.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
Some would confront their superiors directly.
—Charli Carpenter, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for superiors
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But being suspended because the President’s regulator leaned on your bosses?—
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Then, there’s easily a dozen or more items like plants, minerals, and literal trash that can be found on runs, mined from beating bosses, or farmed in the Crossroads.—
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Learning from elders Drafted by the Utah Mammoth in 2021 when they were still known as the Arizona Coyotes, Thomas has attended NHL development camps in Phoenix and Salt Lake City.—
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The new generation will always make choices their elders don’t quite understand.—
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Continue reading … POLITICS TURNING TABLES – Speaker Johnson flips script on Dem leaders with staunch warning against gov shutdown.—
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Caño suggests encouraging daughters to think about fairness when leaders are chosen in schools or clubs.—
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Both masters of their craft from overseas, the two had very different styles of play and attitudes, all while trying to beat one another on the course.—
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Robert Evans found that masters who leased out male slaves in the antebellum South made annual profits between 9 and 17 percent.—
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“Superiors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superiors. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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