number one

Example Sentences

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World number one Judd Trump recovered from a slow start to take a narrow lead over Gary Wilson in their first-round match.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

In at number one, though, is a force who made the £80m Real Madrid coughed up to prise him from Manchester United in 2009 look like pennies.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

In terms of why she caught the world’s attention and ended up selling so darn many books and becoming such an icon, I think number one, of course, is her talent.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

Anthropic’s co-founder has said the number one thing customers ask for is that chatbots be more honest and free of hallucinations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

With the hostage crisis still fresh in the country's minds, we were public enemy number one.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi