modern greats

plural noun

1. (at Oxford University) the Honour School of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

Example Sentences

Fernando Alonso’s F1 resurgence: After years of being stuck in the midfield and away from Formula 1 altogether, one of the sport’s modern greats is back — and looking for his 33rd win.

From New York Times

Batiuk was born in Akron and grew up in Ohio, that famed cradle of cartoonists, from the pioneering 19th-century “Yellow Kid” writer-artist Richard Outcault to such modern greats as Bill Watterson of “Calvin and Hobbes.”

From Washington Post

City and Liverpool, two modern greats, are separated by a single point.

From New York Times

Will Hodgkinson wrote in The Times that this could be the moment the band move from being indie heroes to modern greats.

From BBC

Journalist Will Hodgkinson agreed this could be the moment the band move from being indie icons to modern greats.

From BBC