as in best
individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class
the ceremony featured an A-list of Hollywood stars
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Recent Examples of A-list
Columbia’s A-list still showed up in 2025 — Cyrus dropped her most ambitious project to date with Something Beautiful and Tyler had two number ones in the past year with Chromakopia and Don’t Tap the Glass — but this year was perhaps even more notable for Columbia’s next up.
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Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Moo Deng, of Thailand, is not your typical A-list celebrity, but she’s certainly being treated like one.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
The A-list couple welcomed two daughters during their relationship, while also juggling massive careers and lives in both Hollywood and Nashville.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
But this news marks a stunning turning events for one of Hollywood’s A-list couples.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
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Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Moo Deng, of Thailand, is not your typical A-list celebrity, but she’s certainly being treated like one.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
The A-list couple welcomed two daughters during their relationship, while also juggling massive careers and lives in both Hollywood and Nashville.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
But this news marks a stunning turning events for one of Hollywood’s A-list couples.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for A-list
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Likely had a breakout season last year, totaling 42 catches, 477 yards and six touchdowns — all career bests.—
Hunter Simpson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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Course Difficulty Flat, straight courses without many hills favor personal bests.—
Christopher Bergland,
Verywell Health,
25 Sep. 2025
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Kovalchuk's comments show the Russian elite is likely to remain deeply anti-Western and sympathetic toward conspiracy theories for the foreseeable future.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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During the trial, Combs' lawyers acknowledged that the man once famed for hosting lavish parties for the cultural elite in luxurious locales like the Hamptons and Saint-Tropez was at times violent in his relationships.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The entire film plays out over one long party at an English estate, where the stuffy, traditional English aristocracy collide with Hedda’s bohemian artist friends.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
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Lots of Guinness family members lived in England and had titles in British aristocracy, and some even became Protestant clergymen.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
25 Sep. 2025
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Alternatively, if an opponent aggressively presses both No 10s — as Laurent did with Rogers and Bologna attempted a fortnight earlier — Villa will create a two-vs-two up top.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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The scam calls are so prevalent, especially toward senior citizens, that Milwaukee's sheriff's office has kept a warning for them at the top of its public service announcement web page and developed a video in November 2024 on what people should expect.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The company said taxpayers would benefit in future years from royalties on any coal mined.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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Though the album’s genres are superficially diverse—you’ll hear flashes of grunge, trap, and, yes, reggae—its arrangements could work fine as royalty-free background music for content creators.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
3 Oct. 2025
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Reese wanted Chicago to be more aggressive in adding elite talent, believing the front office was too willing to heavily rely on players like Courtney Vandersloot, who were beyond their prime.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Oct. 2025
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An in-his-prime NaVorro Bowman would have had a hard time supplanting Winters.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Here's what to know about Adelita Grijalva, the representative-elect from Arizona's 7th Congressional District.—
Laura Gersony,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Democratic Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva is on track to outperform former Vice President Kamala Harris by double digits in the special election to replace her late father, former Representative Raul Grijalva.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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“A-list.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/A-list. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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