all-timer
noun
all-tim·er
ˈȯl-ˌtī-mər 
US
: an exceptional person or thing that is regarded as the best or as among the best of all time
… the fifth game of the National League Championship series, in San Diego, which was an all-timer by any measure …—
Roger Angell
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From changing a hubcap to turning on the windscreen wipers as acid rain begins to hail down, and even having to manually put the car into drive, Pacific Drive is destined to become an all-timer for a very specific type of video-game fetishist.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
The new department of government efficiency (DOGE) won’t dent the current fiscal deficit, which is an all-timer.
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Beating Ohio State in football today, to prove to all that this team of James Madison transfers and zero-star recruits is of the highest quality, would be its own all-timer.
—Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
The furious all-timer of the genre, Gypsy, is headed into previews.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
The songs are good, and sometimes not just good but all-timers, but what everyone is most paying their money for here is the solos.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Oct. 2024
Silent Hill 2, from Japanese publishing giant Konami, is another all-timer from 2001: a powerfully un-fun horror game that conceives of 3-D level design as a Freudian nightmare.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
These discounts cover every category imaginable, including all-timers like Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum and the zit-zapping Hero Mighty Patch Micropoints.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 24 Oct. 2024
Ghostface gave us the definitive horror villain of the ’90s, the opening sequence with Drew Barrymore and a telephone remains an all-timer, plus its cleverness hasn't waned since horror tropes never die.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
The new department of government efficiency (DOGE) won’t dent the current fiscal deficit, which is an all-timer.
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Beating Ohio State in football today, to prove to all that this team of James Madison transfers and zero-star recruits is of the highest quality, would be its own all-timer.
—Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
The furious all-timer of the genre, Gypsy, is headed into previews.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
The songs are good, and sometimes not just good but all-timers, but what everyone is most paying their money for here is the solos.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Oct. 2024
Silent Hill 2, from Japanese publishing giant Konami, is another all-timer from 2001: a powerfully un-fun horror game that conceives of 3-D level design as a Freudian nightmare.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
These discounts cover every category imaginable, including all-timers like Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum and the zit-zapping Hero Mighty Patch Micropoints.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 24 Oct. 2024
Ghostface gave us the definitive horror villain of the ’90s, the opening sequence with Drew Barrymore and a telephone remains an all-timer, plus its cleverness hasn't waned since horror tropes never die.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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“All-timer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-timer. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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