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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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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

Since computerised rankings came in in 1973, it has been an essential part of all modern greats tennis CVs.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2016

Currently in residence are such modern greats as Carl Orff, Werner Egk and Hans Werner Henze.

From Time Magazine Archive

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