finest

[fahy-nist]

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. the police.

   New York City's finest.

Word History and Origins

Origin of finest¹

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30

Example Sentences

Knight continued her impressive return from injury, having notched a match-winning 76 against Bangladesh earlier in the tournament, with one of her finest ODI innings.

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Yet the tale he wrote for quick cash turned out to be one of his finest: Vladimir Nabokov listed it among his half-dozen contemporary American favorites in 1972.

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High school basketball in Southern California will be without one of its finest coaches this season.

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It’s the finest Broadway movie since “All That Jazz.”

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He calls Henry one of the finest recruits he ever signed out of St. Francis in 2020.

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