greatness

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Recent Examples of greatness Yoshizawa trained 18 months in the art and history of Kabuki theater to play an actor pursuing greatness at all costs. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025 This passion is what drives individuals like Ramez to achieve greatness. Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025 And there has been a lot of greatness since then. Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025 As former restaurant critics, recipe developers, cookbook editors, and food bloggers, our troupe knows when a stand mixer is destined for glutinous greatness or is meant to live in the shadow of the kitchen appliance titans. Emily Peck Julia Forbes, Wired News, 27 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for greatness
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Noun
  • Given the excellence of the Dodgers’ rotation, the Brewers may feel pressure to create, well, pressure.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Hosted by award-winning actor, writer, and producer Aasif Mandvi, the milestone event is said to host a variety of leading filmmakers, industry professionals, and special guests for an evening celebrating excellence in documentary filmmaking.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Until then, the museum had relied largely on the generosity of wealthy patrons donating the contents of their wardrobe.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Thank you for your kindness, your generosity, your talent, and above all, your laughter.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Education was considered an individual pursuit marked by moral excellency and only the students who did the best in school would have proceeded to higher education.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Zurich said the Game Changer Award pays tribute to excellency in the film business with a focus on leaders that not only cherish change and forward-thinking approaches in the business, but also stand for the DNA of what cinema has represented since its invention.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • For comparison, the brightest stars range between about magnitude 2 and -2, Venus can get as bright as -4, and the sun is at magnitude -26.
    Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But even if the Bucks had interest in a package involving several of those players, the Knicks are known to have concerns about the possible roster imbalance that could result from a deal of this magnitude.
    Sam Amick, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The city has a strong reputation for dive bars, sandwich counters, and an abundance of pierogie spots—there’s no shortage of places to explore.
    Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Wind, solar the ‘workhorses’ Jack Waldorf, WGA executive director, said in an email that advancements in nuclear energy provide the opportunity to expand clean, reliable generation of electricity, but achieving true energy abundance will require a comprehensive approach.
    Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At a time when Germany still had a monarchy, the grandness of the Reichstag’s design was intended to rival any structure the monarchy would build for itself.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • All of these things were done without the bulkiness or power requirements of a pump, which has been one of the drawbacks of other hydraulic haptic systems.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The gray hood paired with the plaid give you the look of layering without the bulkiness, and the plaid comes in a few different colors.
    Anna Halkidis, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025

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