ne plus ultra

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The ne plus ultra, though, was the Bullocks Wilshire tea room.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2021

Here is a top-notch Italian bubbly and a sublime grower champagne that shows why that region is the ne plus ultra of sparkling wine.

From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2021

For some mid-90s New York rap obsessives, the ne plus ultra collaboration is “The What,” by the Notorious B.I.G. and Method Man.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2020

And “Prisoners of War” is pretty much the ne plus ultra of the genre.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2020

It lacked those fin-de-siècle appurtenances which marked the ne plus ultra of its kind, as her observant eye recognized; but it ran staunch and true.

From The Valiants of Virginia by Rives, Hallie Erminie