man of the hour
Americannoun
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a man who is honored by a group.
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a man who is currently the most important or most admired.
Example Sentences
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Inside the gilded reception hall across San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House, some of Silicon Valley’s top executives and investors in late November gathered to toast the man of the hour.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
“Saltburn” star Barry Keoghan was the man of the hour at that party, and for good reason.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024
So how would the man of the hour, who died in 2019, feel about all the hullabaloo?
From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2023
The name on everyone’s lips at that time, the man of the hour, was Boris Yeltsin.
From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2022
At the government’s celebratory banquet that night Sakharov was the man of the hour, the young genius who’d matched the arrogant Americans.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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