brass ring

Example Sentences

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If Nadella is wrong: What’s there to aspire to if no brass ring is safe from the robot’s grasp?

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

For many decades, the ultimate brass ring on Wall Street was grabbing a top position at one of the nation’s largest commercial or investment banks—the management committee at JPMorgan or a partnership at Goldman Sachs.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

It’s about her needing to have that brass ring no matter what.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2025

For a lot of aspiring professional classical musicians, a full-time gig with a top-flight orchestra is the brass ring to strive for — but of course symphonic works aren’t all there is to music.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2022

Beside her, munching grass, stood a cow with a brass ring in its nose.

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman