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having no equal or rival for excellence or desirability an antique vase of unparalleled beauty

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Recent Examples of unparalleled Sweeping strings and layered harmonies bring richness to the track, as Erivo sends her unparalleled voice to new heights on this dizzying new song. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 11 Apr. 2025 Bar Tontine boasts unparalleled views of Lower Manhattan and the East River – and imaginative cocktails, of course. Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2025 The speakers remembered her unparalleled leadership skills, heading the 2012 teachers strike. Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025 So, in essence, all the extraneous information not required by the model is eliminated, allowing continuous computation of trajectories through the mental model space (either real or imagined) with unparalleled efficiency. Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unparalleled
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  • Woods, Gene Sarazen, Gary Player, Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus were the only five golfers to ever complete the grand slam until McIlroy did so on Sunday.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • His father and uncle — the only two remaining rail car workers in the neighborhood — still live there.
    Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
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  • Harvard University President Alan Garber released an open letter today that provided an exceptional example of leadership integrity when faced with extraordinary external pressure.
    Dan Pontefract, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • As the investigation unfolds, attention is likely to remain on both the technical aspects of the crash and the extraordinary lives lost in an instant.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
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  • This compact security camera offers exceptional value and robust features in a tiny design.
    Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The former Tar Heel demonstrates exceptional burst and often requires multiple defenders to take him down.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
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  • That is exactly what happened for Olivia Smith’s excellent opener as Marie Hobinger hit a defence-splitting pass in to Canada’s 20-year-old rising star.
    Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Salah then surged forward towards the edge of the box before playing an excellent pass with the outside of his left boot.
    Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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  • Hitting up a bean festival in Bulgaria offers unrivaled insight into local life, and the path to understanding German culture runs through the asparagus fields.
    Naomi Tomky, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Opening day for the White Sox, losers of a modern major league record 121 games a season ago; standard-bearers, now, of a new and unrivaled sort of sports misery.
    Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
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  • Plus, the bang-to-buck ratio is unmatched—each box contains 30 masks worth of moisturizing goodness.
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The creativity and versatility in his game feel unmatched.
    Hugh Kellenberger, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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  • Of course, alfresco dining under the evening sky of the western Med serves up an unequaled sense of togetherness.
    Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Buffalo’s four straight conference championships — led by Kelly and other future Hall of Famers Andre Reed, Thurman Thomas and Bruce Smith — is a feat unequaled in NFL history.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2025
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  • There is so much that is wonderful about Skokie – a renowned public library, award-winning park district, excellent schools and unsurpassed municipal services.
    Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Cho has noted his admiration for the great early-twentieth-century French pianist Marcelle Meyer, whose Ravel recordings are unsurpassed.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025

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