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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

"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

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Matt Damon said Devyn Dalton, his stunt double in ‘The Odyssey,’ has ‘the greatest arms’ he’s ever seen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Nunez has said that since the beginning of the high-school protest movement police had acted with "the greatest proportionality".

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

Some earthquakes are felt with greatest force far from their epicenter.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

One of the greatest challenges in dentistry is that enamel has no living cells capable of rebuilding it after teeth have fully developed.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

And greatest is Rostam—a warhorse to Neptune, a pallbearer of the Nazarene.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

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