crème de la crème

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Noun
  • The first-time All-Star would have career bests in ERA, WHIP (0.97) and ERA+ (131) if the season ended today.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Two editors selected it as the overall best.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Her dalliance with England's upper crust didn't stop there, either — the baker went on to provide the cake for Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthday in 2016.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Even with the other guys' admonitions not to, under any circumstances, be themselves, Dee and Charlie's improbable success in charming these scions of the Philly upper crust had the guys — and us — both baffled and anxiously awaiting an ugly twist.
    Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • The glamorous look is more daring than Robbie's usual red carpet choices, but stands out as a striking entry in the naked dress trend.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The choice is still ours to make.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • So there's a nobility in that, but also an ickiness.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Sitting for a portrait was once reserved for the elite, with kings, queens, and nobility commissioning grand works to immortalize themselves and assert their authority.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • It’s served in a seaweed cream sauce that tastes like the distillation of a warm ocean breeze.
    The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The lightweight gel-cream sinks in fast, while niacinamide brightens and smooths over time.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The region experienced good air quality today, which should continue into the night.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • When investing in quality bedding, a solid sheet set is an ideal starting point.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Dell Books published it as a 64-page paperback with a cover the exact shade of pink of a can of Tab diet soda.
    Mimi Pond, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The rising sun turned the snow a delicate pink, and beads of frost glittered like diamonds on the trees.
    Jack Atcheson Sr. as told to Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Rather than the writer pontificating about how Pfleger needs to retire from active priesthood, how about a better use of his time by advocating the notion that pedophile priests should be retired to jail.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Black men also were banned from ordained priesthood.
    Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Crème de la crème.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cr%C3%A8me%20de%20la%20cr%C3%A8me. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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