first-rate
Example Sentences
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First-rate satirist Lipsyte has nothing to prove — which might be why his new novel feels so free, fast and funny.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2022
First-rate children’s programming is expensive to produce and does not generate sufficient advertising support to make it viable for commercial television stations to broadcast.
From Slate • May 23, 2019
First-rate advocacy on behalf of the Rohingya has been led by Fortify Rights, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.
From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2017
First-rate intelligence reporters like the Times’ James Risen, the Post’s Dana Priest, and this magazine’s Jane Mayer aren’t just a pain in the ass, in his view—they have low motives and unfair agendas.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 7, 2016
Although I did not mention Life Services in my article “Top Ten Tips for First-rate Funeral Behavior,” the same rules apply.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
