sterling

Example Sentences

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Melodrama doesn’t exactly have the most sterling reputation for discerning cinema viewers.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

The independent, nonpartisan Cook Political Report, which has a sterling decades-long record of election forecasting, said the most probable outcome is a wash.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

Western, a Labour MP, said political parties should have to convert the donation to pounds sterling within 48 hours, and called for a ban on donations where the ultimate donor had been obscured.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

The sterling bonds are offered in five tranches spanning from 3 to 100 years, and the books are run by Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, JPMorgan and NatWest.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026

Among his other sterling qualities are cheap tickets to the Yucatan.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood