nonpareil

Example Sentences

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More than 120 million Americans are expected to tune in for an annual pop culture nonpareil, which this year features two teams nobody expected to reach the NFL championship decider.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

Toni’s primary identity was not as an attorney, wife or prankster nonpareil, but as a distance runner.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2023

But like those who employed him, he did not stint on show: He was known for his molded chocolate, made with his own molds, and his sugar work was nonpareil.

From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2022

A nonpareil composer, pianist and bandleader, he arrived in New York from Washington, D.C., just as the Harlem Renaissance was getting underway; soon, the Duke Ellington Orchestra had become the soundtrack to an epoch.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2022

It’s unparalleled, without equal, incomparable, nonpareil, unrivaled, one of a kind.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner