finest
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of finest
An Americanism dating back to 1925–30
Example Sentences
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The four-time Grand Slam champion's victory over American third seed Jessica Pegula in the semi-finals was her finest display in months, playing with a fire and freedom that had been missing previously.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Remarkably, evidence of that ancient meal survived in fossilized feces, preserving what researchers describe as the finest feather specimen yet discovered from the age of dinosaurs.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
"When I looked back, the school was standing there like the finest of buildings, and in five minutes, everything collapsed," Dawadi recalled.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Patricia Hitchcock regarded “Notorious”—Alfred Hitchcock’s 1946 film starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains—as her father’s finest, and one can see why.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
She was the finest baker in the whole of Icthus: it was there that she put her patience, and her love.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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