greatest
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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"I went up against one of the greatest fighters of this generation and I'm glad I have the experience of sharing the ring with him twice."
From BBC • May 7, 2026
And so, to me, a lot of friends in the Senate, a lot of well-meaning people, the Senate is aspirationally the world’s greatest deliberative body, and it should be that, but it’s not that.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
That said, his view is that he has the opportunity to do great things, to put himself at the level of the other greatest presidents or possibly the greatest people in world history.
From Slate • May 7, 2026
As it turns out, studies of the greatest value investors and trend followers show they did the same thing: cut losses quickly and magnified gains with careful leverage.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
John Kennedy’s greatest fear was that he and Nikita Khrushchev were making the same mistakes as past leaders, bumbling down the same ruinous road.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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