ne plus ultra
Americannoun
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the highest point; acme.
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the most intense degree of a quality or state.
noun
Etymology
Origin of ne plus ultra
1690–1700; < New Latin, Latin nē plūs ultrā (may you) not (go) further beyond (this point)
Example Sentences
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There were killer doll movies before, but “Child’s Play” is the ne plus ultra that “M3gan” bows before.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2023
The ne plus ultra, though, was the Bullocks Wilshire tea room.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2021
Here is a top-notch Italian bubbly and a sublime grower champagne that shows why that region is the ne plus ultra of sparkling wine.
From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2021
And “Prisoners of War” is pretty much the ne plus ultra of the genre.
From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2020
Our modern pathologists, surgeons and others, think bleeding the factotum in all maladies; it is the ne plus ultra, when drawn in large quantities.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
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