second to none

Idioms  

1. The best, as in Mom's chocolate cake is second to none. Shakespeare was among the first to use this term in The Comedy of Errors (5:1), when Angelo speaks warmly of Antipholus of Syracuse: “Of credit infinite, highly belov'd, second to none that lives here.”

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second to none

He has two cornerbacks second to none in JuJu Johnson and Donte Wright.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Jobs are created where talent, groundbreaking research and innovative companies come together—all areas where New York is second to none.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Those two businesses have bolstered Morgan Stanley’s workplace and self-directed investing platforms and helped create a wealth management business that is in many ways second to none.

From Barron's ● May 7, 2026

“America will be second to none in space and everything else that we’re doing, and we will continue to lead the whole thing,” he said.

From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026

Washington was an inherently stiff and formal man who cultivated aloofness and possessed distancing mechanisms second to none.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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