noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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male
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Those were the last days of that dying dinosaur, male supremacy .
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Elean: What is the programme of the liberation movement in relation to this specific question of male supremacy and the position of women?
political
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Those who peopled them have either been driven out in a bloody liberation war or yielded their political supremacy to majority rule.
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The battle for political supremacy was thus carried over to the Congress itself.
white
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I never had that white supremacy idea, and I don't think I was paternalistic.
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Another long-simmering problem has been hateful acts committed by youths in the name of white supremacy .
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A literature of white supremacy appeared between 1880 and 1914.
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He continues: No one ever told me there was a system of white supremacy .
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Other essays examine subjects such as white supremacy , Black homophobia feminist politicization and male violence.
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He challenged not only white supremacy but the civil rights establishment.
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It was outspokenly anti-Welensky, opposed to white supremacy and campaigned for one man one vote and for independence.
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Do we really want to be included in an industry as committed to white supremacy as Hollywood?
■ VERB
challenge
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Its soaring walls and towers are challenged for supremacy only by the purple mass of distant Snowdonia.
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He challenged not only white supremacy but the civil rights establishment.
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He felt powerful, a winner, as if there was no one alive who could challenge his supremacy .
fight
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Once inside, she slid the bolt, leaning thankfully against the door, a maelstrom of emotions fighting for supremacy .
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Cicadas churn strenuously in the grasses, fighting the wind for supremacy of the airwaves.
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In the Troll Country Chaos warbands fight each other for supremacy and Orc armies gather their strength to invade south.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another long-simmering problem has been hateful acts committed by youths in the name of white supremacy .
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Cicadas churn strenuously in the grasses, fighting the wind for supremacy of the airwaves.
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Do we really want to be included in an industry as committed to white supremacy as Hollywood?
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Knightly warfare, if it no longer enjoyed the supremacy of past centuries, was far from dead.
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Surprise fought for supremacy over sheer relief, the final result hardly strong enough to chase away the last vestiges of fear.
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T R S Allan suggests that political concepts should inform judicial decisions about the precise meaning of supremacy .
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The idea of the separation of powers also seems to influence Dicey's belief that Parliamentary sovereignty favours the supremacy of law.
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The three scents clashed deliciously and fought for supremacy in the hot steamy room.