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Idiom

best of the bunch

Meaning

The best or most preferred person or item within a group.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“This apple is the best of the bunch.”

“After interviewing five candidates for the job, the manager decided that Sarah was clearly the best of the bunch.”

“Among the many paintings submitted for the annual exhibition, the committee unanimously agreed that the landscape was the best of the bunch.”

Examples

simple

“This apple is the best of the bunch.”

contextual

“After interviewing five candidates for the job, the manager decided that Sarah was clearly the best of the bunch.”

complex

“Among the many paintings submitted for the annual exhibition, the committee unanimously agreed that the landscape was the best of the bunch.”

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