: the quality or state of being great (as in size, skill, achievement, or power)
Today, many Inca buildings still stand—all witnesses to an empire of unforgettable greatness.—
Michelle Laliberte
Michelle LaliberteAn understanding of the visible world became a better way of understanding the greatness of God.—Mario Salvadori
Mario SalvadoriI came back convinced that bourbon and its cousins are America's contribution to world distillery, with as strong a claim to greatness as anything from Scotland, Ireland, or Canada.—Corby Kummer
Corby Kummer… young team that came within a game of reaching the World Series, a team on the verge of greatness.—Barry Rozner
Barry RoznerTyson, 33, has long since abandoned any claim to boxing greatness, having squandered his promise in two jail sentences, a suspension and several gory defeats.—Richard Hoffer
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a poet whose work is of enduring greatness
the overwhelming greatness of the canyon is what visitors first notice
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Past participants have gone on to become Pro Bowlers, Super Bowl champions, and Hall of Famers, so this game often serves as a preview of future NFL greatness.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
This explains, if it is granted that the gods ordained some sort of greatness for the play, the nakedness of its verbal intensity.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Jan. 2025
But if done well—avoiding Sony’s mistakes when its PS5 Pro patches initially made games look worse—boosting backward compatibility could make Switch 2 the definitive home to at least two generations of gaming greatness.
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 31 Jan. 2025
Certainly, her work routinely inspires astonishment, bewilderment, and awe—reliable indicators of greatness in action.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
This explains, if it is granted that the gods ordained some sort of greatness for the play, the nakedness of its verbal intensity.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Jan. 2025
But if done well—avoiding Sony’s mistakes when its PS5 Pro patches initially made games look worse—boosting backward compatibility could make Switch 2 the definitive home to at least two generations of gaming greatness.
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 31 Jan. 2025
Certainly, her work routinely inspires astonishment, bewilderment, and awe—reliable indicators of greatness in action.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Greatness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/greatness. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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