sterlingness

noun

Definition of sterlingnessnext
as in superlativeness

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  1. greatness
  2. excellence
  3. preeminence
  4. supremacy
Noun
  • Clark has always seemed destined for greatness, if not friendship with the biggest pop star in the world.
    Sean Gregory, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Expect big speeches, bigger personalities, and a reminder that the West Coast has always been a hotbed for motorsports greatness.
    Greg Engle, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of greatness
Noun
  • The Royal National Theatre, symbol of Britain’s theatrical excellence, offered her the part of the Blue Fairy in a try-out musical production of Pinocchio, which Dennis Kelly adapted from Carlo Collodi’s tale and Disney’s 1940 classic.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Horwitz has some power, some speed, and the same hustle and commitment to excellence as Gimenez. Follow me on Twitter.
    Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of excellence
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Americans today are less convinced that their tax dollars should be spent on bolstering their country’s preeminence worldwide.
    Leslie Vinjamuri, Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Once that became a money machine, his ownership preeminence in the York family was cast in stone.
    Tim Kawakami, The Athletic, 23 Aug. 2024
Definition of preeminence
Noun
  • In the 1990s, The Monday Night War was a pivotal turning point and involved two rival wrestling promotions engaged in a ruthless cable television ratings battle for supremacy.
    Mark LaSota, Ph.D., Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Put together, this allowed the researchers to reconstruct the interactions between ecosystems—essentially a food web—at the time the dinosaurs began rising to supremacy.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of supremacy
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