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number one

noun as in most important person or thing

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We held the number one spot for three years straight before recently being overtaken by Bakersfield, California.

The series was viewed by more than 70 million households within its first month on the streaming service, and landed on the platform’s number one spot in their top 10 rankings across the globe, from Brazil to Germany to the Philippines.

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With jaw-droppingly steep canyon walls that plunge for over a mile to the churning Colorado River below, it would be easy to assume that falling is the number one cause of death in this storied national park.

See for yourself why Feetures has become the number one running sock in America.

Websites with more than 300 referring domains are much more likely to rank in the number one spot than, let’s say, a website with only 50 backlinks.

The musical promise of eternal youth sold to the tune of 5.5 million copies and five number-one singles.

But after logging her eighth number-one single, Katy Perry might be the biggest pop star of her time.

My husband in my number-one priority and I his; why would we want to change this so we can be slaves to a child?

But the number-one thing rats want to be around is people, people who drop garbage on the ground.

The voting portion of the contest ended yesterday, and I swept the number-one spot.

What does a first-class A-number-one lawyer like Root care about facts if they ain't in his favor?

Roger hurried along with Astro to the number-one boat and climbed inside.

And she said these was A-Number-One beagles, being sure to get a rabbit if one was in the country.

You've got thirty tons of fuel—you want to find the compression ratio of the number-one firing-tube chamber—so what do you do?

Among them was his number-one boy, Kwong, who had served him faithfully for several years.

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On this page you'll find 41 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to number one, such as: champion, winner, hero, leader, master, and numero uno.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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