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
Many of the A-list talents attached to those projects will be in Zurich.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
Many A-list celebrities have been known to make appearances at the Cincinnati festival.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Sep. 2025
He was known as a tough negotiator on behalf of his A-list clients, and also for his deep sense of personal business ethics.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
The signatories include many A-list stars, including performers who have had years-long professional relationships with ABC and Disney, its parent company, including Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and current Marvel and Star Wars star Pedro Pascal.
—Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
Many A-list celebrities have been known to make appearances at the Cincinnati festival.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Sep. 2025
He was known as a tough negotiator on behalf of his A-list clients, and also for his deep sense of personal business ethics.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
The signatories include many A-list stars, including performers who have had years-long professional relationships with ABC and Disney, its parent company, including Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and current Marvel and Star Wars star Pedro Pascal.
—Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for A-list
Noun
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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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Kyle Schwarber is in the midst of what may be the most explosive offensive season of his MLB career, already setting personal bests with 53 home runs and 128 RBI.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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But the immediacy of One Battle After Another—with its ICE-like detention camps, unlawful militias storming American streets, and elites who promote white supremacy in closed-door meetings—was intended to embellish the spirit of Vineland rather than undermine it.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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These upper-crust elites are ones we’re meant, at the end of the day, to sympathize with and root for.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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Like Macbeth, King Henry met his tragic end when a civil war broke out and the aristocracy turned against him.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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That world is where Downton's Cora Crawley (Elizabeth McGovern) comes from, once a young American heiress who married into the British aristocracy to help preserve the Downton estate with her dowry.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Sep. 2025
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And while most of the teams at the top of the US LBM Coaches Poll were off this weekend, there were some eventual moments that impacted the playoff race.—
Erick Smith,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025
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Earlier this season, Altuve asked Espada to move Peña to the top of the batting order.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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Back then, even being the son of Hindi film industry royalty (Shah Rukh Khan) couldn’t help — but now, it’s given a voice to one of the most promising talents in Bollywood.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Black Rabbit is Jake’s bid for Manhattan royalty, a trend-setting restaurant-cocktail bar aimed at boldface names.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As with other good car designs that endured well beyond their 1960s-era prime, the Type 14 eventually became encumbered by massive rubber bumpers and oversized taillamps by 1973, though even these later models retain their charm.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
26 Sep. 2025
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Sergio Busquets, who played with Messi at the Catalan club in the prime of their careers, sent his teammate through on goal with a cutting pass from midfield.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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With China, that still means a bigger bonus, and the freedom to secure it by nearly any means the board and management elect.—
Andrew King,
Fortune,
20 Sep. 2025
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Representative-elect James Walkinshaw speaks to reporters in Fairfax, Virginia on September 5, 2025.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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“A-list.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/A-list. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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