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modern greats

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plural noun

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

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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".

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2025

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.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2022

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

From New York Times ● May 6, 2022

Yet, realistically, this will be the last opportunity these two modern greats get to make a decisive impact on this stage.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 10, 2018

Off-Broadway can also take substantial credit for spurring interest in two modern greats, Eugene O'Neill and Bertolt Brecht.

From Time Magazine Archive

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