modern greats
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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The challenger largely kept his cards close to his chest, though he suggested the ultimate achievement would be to outpoint one of boxing's modern greats over 12 rounds.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
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.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023
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
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
Currently in residence are such modern greats as Carl Orff, Werner Egk and Hans Werner Henze.
From Time Magazine Archive
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