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greatest

British  
/ ˈɡreɪtɪst /

adjective

  1. the superlative of great

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. slang an exceptional person

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With Kelce also expected to marry his fiancee Taylor Swift next summer, is now the time for one of the NFL's greatest tight ends to call it a day?

From BBC

“The opportunity for miners to convert to AI is one of the greatest opportunities I could possibly imagine,” said Adam Sullivan, chief executive of Core Scientific, which has pivoted to AI data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal

An Indian parliamentary panel said developments in Bangladesh pose "the greatest strategic challenge" to Delhi since the country's independence war in 1971.

From BBC

An even more welcome addition to our already bulging shelves is the belated arrival of a largely complete studio discography of Britain’s greatest conductor, and certainly its most self-possessed: the musical grandee Sir Thomas Beecham.

From The Wall Street Journal

Elon Musk had arguably had the greatest year of wealth creation in human history.

From Barron's

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