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classic

Definition for classic

adjective as in characteristic, regular

Strongest matches

simple, typical, usual

noun as in model

Weak matches

chef d'oeuvre, magnum opus, tour de force

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Even when the scoreboard hummed to life in the second half, it still didn’t look like an instant classic was in store.

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In classic Mets fashion, it ended in about the most painful way possible.

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It also recalls, without feeling derivative, the classic American dramas—Miller’s and others—in which fathers and sons, despite their best efforts to avoid it, turn into mortal enemies.

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For him that means a tightly edited menu of classics like pepperoni, meatball and a white pie with mushrooms.

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“Because trade shocks are not creating new inflationary pressures, we are not confronted with the classic policy trade-off where the central bank faces stalling growth and rising inflation,” she said.

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