as in excellent
of the very best kind
credited the win to the pitcher's sterling performance on the mound
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Recent Examples of sterling
Frier, France’s consul general in Los Angeles, was preparing to host a party and the 25-pound sterling silver objet d’art was the guest of honor.
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Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025
Dobson’s offense slipped to 39 points in 71 games, and his defensive play was shakier than his sterling numbers would indicate.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 15 June 2025
Spoons are made from seashells, forks with cascading sterling silver ribbon handles, and minimalist knives with maximalist negative space.
—Caroline Newton, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
Ames had worked for the Department for more than 15 years and received sterling performance reviews.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 5 June 2025
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Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025
Dobson’s offense slipped to 39 points in 71 games, and his defensive play was shakier than his sterling numbers would indicate.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 15 June 2025
Spoons are made from seashells, forks with cascading sterling silver ribbon handles, and minimalist knives with maximalist negative space.
—Caroline Newton, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
Ames had worked for the Department for more than 15 years and received sterling performance reviews.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sterling
Adjective
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And excellent retail in turn should entice people to choose one store over another and visit often.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
17 June 2025
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But that year does look a little anomalous on his career ledger, with more of an 80-point baseline (which, of course, is still excellent).—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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Uptempo with a bit of a ’90s country flair, the song is a superb, full-throttle musical vehicle for Housman’s confident, charismatic voice.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
23 June 2025
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Moore, the eighth overall pick in the 2024 draft out of Tennessee, hit his first big-league home run, a game-tying solo shot to center field in the seventh inning, and preserved that tie with a superb diving catch of Yainer Diaz’s 109-mph line drive with two runners on to end the top of the eighth.—
Mike Digiovanna,
Oc Register,
21 June 2025
Adjective
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The longest Prime Day ever is around the corner — but Amazon is giving us a preview of the stellar discounts to come.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
28 June 2025
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Capping off a stellar match between two of WWE’s most beloved babyfaces, Rhodes was able to capitalize on Orton’s own decision to expose a turnbuckle to earn himself a WWE Championship match at SummerSlam in August.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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The 6-foot-5, 221-pounder not only comes with ideal size and above-average athleticism but also terrific arm talent.—
Nick Baumgardner,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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His terrific performance was a similar problem for the Pacers.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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With so many lovely fruits at our fingertips, there’s no reason to trifle with making a trifle this summer.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
28 June 2025
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Jake looked back over a decade’s worth of Denis stating his desire to one day direct Bond and there is some lovely detail – the clues were there from the start.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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It is filled with many wonderful surprises discoverable to the 200,000-plus visitors who come during the busiest time (November to July) and escapade around its hilly terrain in the signature island vehicle, the mini Moke.—
Melinda Sheckells,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Steve was a wonderful antidote to Miranda, and Joy is a wonderful antidote in a very different way.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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That could mean even greater affordability for smaller businesses adopting AI for their businesses.—
Bernice Ooi,
CNBC,
26 June 2025
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That was the name of one of my great friends growing up in Brooklyn.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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The beautiful game has all too often been marred by unsavory incidents of bigotry.—
Hannah Ryan,
CNN Money,
27 June 2025
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The job was to find a photographer or find a model, pack a trunk of clothes and flit off to St. Moritz for a week and take beautiful pictures and come back.—
A Martínez,
NPR,
27 June 2025
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“Sterling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterling. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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