nonpareil

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More than 120 million Americans are expected to tune in for an annual pop culture nonpareil, which this year features two teams nobody expected to reach the NFL championship decider.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

By mid-August, I felt entitled to one purely extravagant treat: The stars were right for a quick visit to Providence, R.I., to attend NecronomiCon, that nonpareil celebration of weird fiction.

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2022

A nonpareil composer, pianist and bandleader, he arrived in New York from Washington, D.C., just as the Harlem Renaissance was getting underway; soon, the Duke Ellington Orchestra had become the soundtrack to an epoch.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2022

Made beautifully bouncy, supremely sticky and gloriously gummy by sweet rice flour, it’s a texture-eater’s dream, achieving a nonpareil squidginess.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2022

Hall, however, was a quartermaster nonpareil, and he relished the challenge.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer