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as in main
coming before all others in importance
she's the numero uno tabloid celebrity at the moment
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2
as in excellent
of the very best kind
if you've got the bucks, the company's hand-tooled leather boots are numero uno
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Adjective
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The airport's main runway is the single-busiest runway in the country.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025 -
Investigators say Diaz was used to catch his main supplier, 33-year-old Anthony Medina.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Both teams are excellent at converting third downs.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
24 Jan. 2025
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Kansas City’s secondary is also excellent at tackling and does a good job of limiting explosive runs.—
Ted Nguyen,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Away from the bottle-poppers of Mykonos, but hardly removed from the season’s social buzz, the white-washed, flat-roofed villas that wrap the cliffs of Santorini are wonderful places to while away a summer.—
Christopher Cameron,
Robb Report,
27 Jan. 2025
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The melty cheese and crispy bread are a wonderful combination.—
Nick Siano,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Here, instead of the mustard that’s included in many classic potato salad recipes, sour cream, vinegar, and briny pickles team up to lend a lovely amount of tartness to cut through the richness of the potatoes, eggs, and mayo.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Jan. 2025
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December is a lovely time to be in Lisbon for the Christmas markets, the largest of which is Wonderland Lisboa, which also has attractions like ice skating and a Ferris wheel.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2025
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In 2000, Smithfield Foods, the state’s predominant producer of hogs, agreed to pay $1 per hog produced in the state — for a total of up to $2 million — into a fund, with part of that money used to research more environmentally friendly ways of handling hog waste.—
Gavin Off,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Jan. 2025
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Still, the predominant thought was his interview was a push by the Bears to fulfill the NFL’s Rooney Rule as the team positions itself to make a head coaching hire.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Jan. 2025
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At the heart of the vaccine argument is the awesome challenge of trying to prove a negative.—
Dr. Sanjay Gupta,
CNN,
29 Jan. 2025
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On the other hand, his knowledge of briefcase models was awesome and was such a great callback to the original format’s history.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Testers consider performance across four primary categories: efficacy, safety (including ease of use), research and the science behind specific claims, as well as product value.—
Jenny Berg,
Allure,
24 Jan. 2025
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Houston’s primary return in the Pressly trade would be salary relief and some flexibility for other acquisitions.—
Sahadev Sharma,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Both specific in its intent and mischievously opaque in its execution, this wilfully strange art project can switch from flip to serious in the blink of an eye, using a terrific cast to weave a trance-like state of oddness that somehow sustains to the finishing line.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
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This model has been a terrific success for decades and should be used with UAPs.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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