as in pinnacle
the highest part or point
this new sports car is being billed as the ne plus ultra of automotive achievement
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Haley has layered several of them with white turtlenecks, the ne plus ultra of a Midwestern workhorse wardrobe.
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Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2024
Circa 2000, the ne plus ultra of cashmere sweaters was made by Lucien Pellat-Finet.
—Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2023
Creating the ne plus ultra of the jazz avant-garde while reclaiming the prehistory that underlay it, Ayler reconceived its place in Black American culture.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 July 2023
And for name recognition and potential hate-read appeal, a Goop assignment is the ne plus ultra of wellness writing.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 19 Apr. 2023
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Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2024
Circa 2000, the ne plus ultra of cashmere sweaters was made by Lucien Pellat-Finet.
—Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2023
Creating the ne plus ultra of the jazz avant-garde while reclaiming the prehistory that underlay it, Ayler reconceived its place in Black American culture.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 July 2023
And for name recognition and potential hate-read appeal, a Goop assignment is the ne plus ultra of wellness writing.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 19 Apr. 2023
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