Examples of of the first rank in a Sentence
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Eminent theologians have revered Weil (Paul Tillich, Thomas Merton, Pope Paul VI), and so have writers of the first rank, especially women (Hannah Arendt, Ingeborg Bachmann, Anne Carson, Flannery O’Connor, Susan Sontag).
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Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Of the 20 pictures by him gathered here, just four are of the first rank.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2022
Not that there weren’t theatrical luminaries of the first rank.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2022
The absolute worst of these is still just a literary writer of the first rank.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2022
In the scientific community, Linde is widely regarded as a physicist of the first rank.
—Alan Lightman, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2021
But many critics considered his books literature of the first rank.
—Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2020
Don’t miss: The fresh banana malts are a summertime treat of the first rank, and the half-pound, California-style Burger-Ette is a signature item for a reason.
—Rick Nelson, Star Tribune, 29 July 2020
Of all the intellectual activities in my life my striving toward a better appreciation of the shape of reality which science outlines for us has always been of the first rank.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2012
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Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Of the 20 pictures by him gathered here, just four are of the first rank.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2022
Not that there weren’t theatrical luminaries of the first rank.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2022
The absolute worst of these is still just a literary writer of the first rank.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2022
In the scientific community, Linde is widely regarded as a physicist of the first rank.
—Alan Lightman, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2021
But many critics considered his books literature of the first rank.
—Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2020
Don’t miss: The fresh banana malts are a summertime treat of the first rank, and the half-pound, California-style Burger-Ette is a signature item for a reason.
—Rick Nelson, Star Tribune, 29 July 2020
Of all the intellectual activities in my life my striving toward a better appreciation of the shape of reality which science outlines for us has always been of the first rank.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2012
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“Of the first rank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20the%20first%20rank. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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