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nonpareil

[non-puh-rel] / ˌnɒn pəˈrɛl /
NOUN
model of perfection
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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

The Beardsley exhibit, rich in original drawings, rare posters, holograph letters and much else, draws from the nonpareil collections of Mark Samuels Lasner.

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 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

Jesus appears to Saul and the persecutor of Christians nonpareil cries out, “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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