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best of the best

NOUN
cream of the crop
Synonyms
WEAK
aristocracy beau monde beautiful people cream of society cream of the cream crème de la crème haut monde high society pick of the litter privileged class smart set the elite the finest the privileged upper class upper crust

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What we’re looking for is the best of the best, and specifically the best Shiite religious scholars.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026

Online PC games brought back head-to-head matchups, with players across the globe competing against each other and jockeying for position on leaderboards to see who was the best of the best.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

“Breaking Bad” and “The Wire” are among the best of the best TV shows, but I can only imagine sadists watching either for a mood boost.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

“They did an exceptional job of organizing an incident command team, bringing together the best of the best in the field and getting those horses out and, frankly, saving almost all of them,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

I was going to be the best of the best someday, commander in chief, but today’s simulation showed just how far I still had to go to get there.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin