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brass ring

noun as in opportunity for success

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There is still a lot of opportunity in our country but the high cost of living and the wealth gap makes it more difficult to reach for the brass ring.

It’s about her needing to have that brass ring no matter what.

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The brass ring is a trillion-dollar company with a global user base.

“The gears of capitalism are such that it’s unlikely. There are too many brass rings here in the music world, and when push comes to shove, people just deal with it.”

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That’s a fundamental concern of sculpture in every artistic age and culture — its brass ring, if you will — and here it does yeoman’s work in energizing spaces both actual and illusionistic.

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

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