cream of the crop
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“And let’s not skim over the facts here: Whole milk is truly the cream of the crop in delivering these key vitamins and nutrients to growing children.”
From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2023
“When you play the cream of the crop in this league, you can’t have off nights,” Kings coach Todd McLellan said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2023
He decided to go to CVP Physicians in Cincinnati, calling it "the cream of the crop locally for having eye surgery" as they do "100 a day."
From Salon • Oct. 6, 2022
Films that rise to the surface during the Academy Awards season are often considered the cream of the crop, the top of the line.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2022
To put it another way, you pilots are the cream of the crop.
From Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal by Bowen, Robert Sydney
