modern greats

plural noun

1. (at Oxford University) the Honour School of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

Example Sentences

Warren wrote: "From making his debut in Widnes in 1997 to then go on to win one of the most historic fights in British boxing history against Kostya Tszyu in Manchester, Ricky will rightly go down as one of the modern greats of this sport."

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Leicester described the winger as "one of the most electrifying rugby talents of his generation" as well as "one of English rugby's modern greats".

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Fernando Alonso’s F1 resurgence: After years of being stuck in the midfield and away from Formula 1 altogether, one of the sport’s modern greats is back — and looking for his 33rd win.

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Batiuk was born in Akron and grew up in Ohio, that famed cradle of cartoonists, from the pioneering 19th-century “Yellow Kid” writer-artist Richard Outcault to such modern greats as Bill Watterson of “Calvin and Hobbes.”

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City and Liverpool, two modern greats, are separated by a single point.

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