outstanding
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The setting for this two-hander is more abstract than usual for Hunter, who is one of the theater’s outstanding American realists.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Virgin Galactic still has about $20 million in notes outstanding, paying annual interest of 9.8%.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Diana last week said it would purchase all of Genco’s outstanding shares for $24.80 apiece, up from its previous bid of $23.50.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Although it is in an area of outstanding natural beauty it is not protected as a scheduled monument, but archaeologists argue that it should now become one.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
He had also been an outstanding stroke on the Washington crew of his day and later chairman of the Board of Rowing Stewards at Washington.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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