ne plus ultra
Example Sentences
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The ne plus ultra, though, was the Bullocks Wilshire tea room.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2021
Here is a top-notch Italian bubbly and a sublime grower champagne that shows why that region is the ne plus ultra of sparkling wine.
From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2021
“The days are over when getting on the cover of Vanity Fair was the ne plus ultra of public recognition. Now it’s more like the icing on the cake.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2019
One columnist called him a “bootlicker”; another went with “the ne plus ultra of media toadying.”
From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2018
A. Kennicott, the pioneer cultivator of Northern Illinois, this apple was considered the ne plus ultra for that and higher latitudes.
From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.
