dream team

noun

: a team whose members are preeminent in a particular field
a legal dream team

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No one did edgy teen comedy, ‘80s style, better than the Winona Ryder–Christian Slater dream team. Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026 Known only as The Man from the Future, Rockwell's character zaps back from the future and lands in a Norms diner, looking to assemble a dream team to stop the AI apocalypse. Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2026 Imagine our baseball dream team going home early? Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026 Author Laurel Snyder and illustrator LeUyen Pham are a kidlit dream team, and their warm and wise picture book fable will easily find its way into young readers’ hearts. Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dream team

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First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dream team was in 1911

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“Dream team.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dream%20team. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.

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