all-world
adjective
US
: among the best, most talented, or most impressive in the world
an all-world tennis player
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His combination of basketball I.Q., all-world defense, veteran experience and all-around ability turned an upstart team into a championship one.
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2025
Guentzel scored into an empty net with 1:19 left to seal it, and the result puts an all-world roster led by McDavid, Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon in a must-win situation Monday against Finland.
—Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
Smith’s roster includes former Santa Clara star Jalen Williams (Thunder), all-world athlete Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) and offensive dynamo Jalen Brunson (Knicks).
—Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2025
Jalen Brunson is at an all-world level, finishing that game with 42 points and 10 assists.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025
Follow the money, and that’s your path: go for broke in the present, while Curry is still an all-world player.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
The issue is that Harrison is gambling that an all-world player who is only 25 has not only peaked, but will regress.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Feb. 2025
That would have eclipsed the $12.6 million average annual value being paid to Avs teammate Nathan MacKinnon by a wide margin and left the club in an impossible spot with all-world defenseman Cale Makar in need of his own extension by 2027.
—Chris Johnston, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Cease would cover up a lot of holes with his durability, not to mention his all-world stuff.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2025
Guentzel scored into an empty net with 1:19 left to seal it, and the result puts an all-world roster led by McDavid, Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon in a must-win situation Monday against Finland.
—Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
Smith’s roster includes former Santa Clara star Jalen Williams (Thunder), all-world athlete Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) and offensive dynamo Jalen Brunson (Knicks).
—Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2025
Jalen Brunson is at an all-world level, finishing that game with 42 points and 10 assists.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025
Follow the money, and that’s your path: go for broke in the present, while Curry is still an all-world player.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
The issue is that Harrison is gambling that an all-world player who is only 25 has not only peaked, but will regress.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Feb. 2025
That would have eclipsed the $12.6 million average annual value being paid to Avs teammate Nathan MacKinnon by a wide margin and left the club in an impossible spot with all-world defenseman Cale Makar in need of his own extension by 2027.
—Chris Johnston, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Cease would cover up a lot of holes with his durability, not to mention his all-world stuff.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
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“All-world.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-world. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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