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having no equal or rival for excellence or desirability an inimitable performer of violin solos

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Recent Examples of inimitable What a rare and beautiful voice and an inimitable approach to songwriting. Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025 Diane Keaton, known for her unique brand of comedic timing and inimitable style, has died, producer Dori Rath who worked with Keaton confirmed to CNN on Saturday. Dan Heching, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025 The inimitable Kendrick Perkins would back up Shaq. Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025 In honor of its release, Vogue sat down with Lennox (over Zoom) to discuss the project, and her inimitable career. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for inimitable
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  • The only person ever executed in Israel was Adolf Eichmann, a key architect of the Holocaust, who was hanged in 1962 after he famously was captured by Israeli intelligence agents in Argentina and subsequently convicted in a landmark trial.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The Mavs are in desperate need of some good PR, and, at this point, their only move isn’t another PR person but to offer up a GM that the people cannot stand.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2025
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  • Beginning with 1982’s Conan the Barbarian, the decade gave him an extraordinary run, taking in action, sci-fi and even comedy, pairing with Danny DeVito for 1988’s Twins.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Rather than find the extraordinary in their pasts to explain their crimes, he was forced to conclude that no such demonic forces or cataclysmic motives need exist.
    NPR, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
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  • Thus far, Arsenal’s excellent form has relegated the injuries to a subplot.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The carbon nanofiber provides mechanical stability, abundant pore channels, and excellent electrolyte wettability, while the cobalt sites catalyze the adsorption and conversion of polysulfides.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
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  • Though D’Angelo only released three albums in his lifetime, his beloved 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, followed by 2000’s Voodoo and 2014’s Black Messiah, Hill wrote that the singer’s aching vulnerability and incomparable passion moved, and inspired, the culture.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Alice In Chains’ Mike Inez and Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan, all reflecting on Ozzy’s incomparable musical impact.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025
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  • Sephora‘s Dubai Mall flagship has long been buzzed about by brands as being the productive location in the world, underscoring the region’s exceptional consumer appetite for premium beauty products.
    Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • In this way and in many others, Rosalía is exceptional.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
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  • And, of course, the storytelling — Nas’ true calling card for his entire career — is simply unparalleled.
    Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
  • As the only hotel in Brazil's Iguazú National Park, Hotel das Cataratas provides its guests with unparalleled access to the park beyond its official opening hours.
    Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
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  • Rosemary’s Baby is still matchless for sheer psychological terror, but don’t let Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes’s Satanic neighbors ruin New York City for you.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025
  • For any sportsman living in the Eastern half of the nation, one of the great things about a hunt in the West, in my opinion, is the chance to sample the matchless friendliness and hospital ity of the people there.
    Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
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  • Technology is an ever-present disruptor that has a way of commoditizing what once felt unique, driving a kind of Moore’s law-like acceleration into every corner of our daily workflows.
    Phil Gilbert, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Land is a unique asset, at the center of booms and busts since Babylon, and will be here long after Meta or Microsoft or Google try to wriggle out of their data-center leases, should the AI buildout prove to be overdone.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 11 Nov. 2025

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“Inimitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inimitable. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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