Greats
Britishplural noun
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the Honour School of Literae Humaniores, involving the study of Greek and Roman history and literature and philosophy
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the final examinations at the end of this course
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Greats of the game at this Women’s World Cup include U.S. duo Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan, Canadian forward Christine Sinclair, and Marta, the Brazilian regarded as possibly the greatest women’s player of all time.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2023
The former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback was raising money for his Jaws Youth Playbook Foundation, and Golic helped raise money for Ditka’s Gridiron Greats.
From Fox News • Feb. 11, 2022
Greats such as Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player were still in the field.
From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2020
He also presented several programmes for BBC radio, under the name Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats.
From BBC • Sep. 5, 2019
In the early part of 1854 Mr. Dodgson was reading hard for "Greats."
From The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) by Collingwood, Stuart Dodgson
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