best of breed

noun

1. the winning animal of its breed at a dog show

adjective

1. denoting the most successful technology in a particular field

Example Sentences

Strauss’ job will be to evaluate and select the top four dogs among the 31 working breeds who were selected to move on from Best of Breed category, basing her decision on American Kennel Club standard of excellence.

From Seattle Times

Although Strauss has judged Best of Breed twice at Westminster previously, this is her first time judging one of the seven dog groups that will compete in the Best in Show lineup.

From Seattle Times

Strauss first experienced the prestige at Westminster in the 1980s after her dog Jake was invited to compete for Best of Breed.

From Seattle Times

ID.me, Hall said, licenses its software from two companies that are “best of breed”: Paravision, for one-to-one matching, and iProov, for detecting whether the face on a video is real or a mask.

From Washington Post

In some cases, Apple’s own iPhone apps are actually best of breed, so don’t take my list as a judgment of quality.

From The Verge