first-rate

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The performances are first-rate; Claire and Pete, for instance, are imbued by Ms. Richards and Mr. Cullen with a distinctly unstable chemistry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

“He is assuredly a first-rate and widely respected orthopedic surgeon,” Stephen Larson, an attorney for Khounganian, said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025

The four-part miniseries was created by Mike Makowsky, inspired by historian Candace Millard’s “Destiny of the Republic,” which was also the source for the first-rate “Murder of a President” that appeared on PBS in 2016.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

A powerful eminent-domain law allowed the Singaporean government to amass vast property holdings, which it used to build first-rate, owner-occupied public housing.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2025

The master of River Velley Farm, Herbert William Clutter, was forty-eight years old, and as a result of a recent medical examination for an insurance policy, knew himself to be in first-rate condition.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote