first-rate
Example Sentences
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The cast is uniformly first-rate, not just the likes of Mr. Tenney but the lesser knowns, among them the glorious Ms. Verlaque.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 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
Made from the Gamay grape in a sunny region south of Burgundy’s famed Côte d’Or, Beaujolais has all the characteristics of a first-rate Thanksgiving wine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 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
There was a first-rate shirt, a pair of trousers that looked brand-new, knitted socks, and storebought suspenders that must have been bought out of Aunt Pretty’s pin money.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
