finest
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of finest
An Americanism dating back to 1925–30
Example Sentences
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Finest is Mickey Sumner as a female Aufidius, leader of the Romans’ foes, the Volscians, whom Coriolanus will later join in waging war against Rome.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
It was “an iridescent bubble floating above the city’s cares,” writes Lyse Doucet in “The Finest Hotel in Kabul.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
People ate from a buffet from The Park’s Finest, the delicious Filipino barbecue spot run by a friend of hers.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2024
Wayne Wadsworth, who runs Finest Floors in Waterlooville, says he’s been working with Carpetright for 20 years and the company gave his business five days of work each week.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2024
Then they slathered me with Peabody’s Finest Hair Food, Guaranteed to Produce Lustrous Locks, and set me out in the sun to bake for yet another hour with this revolting sulfur grease on my head.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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