supremos

plural of supremo, chiefly British

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Noun
  • The result dashed hopes of a team touted as dark horses who could make a long run in the tournament by beating traditional soccer heavyweights such as Brazil.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 30 June 2026
  • His World's Best Bourbon title actually came at the 2023 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, beating out Kentucky's heavyweights.
    Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Several members of the cast and writer’s room, including Dippold and co-star Jeff Hiller, got their start with the Upright Citizens Brigade, an improvisational sketch-comedy group founded by comedy bigwigs like Amy Poehler and Adam McKay.
    Josef Adalian, Vulture, 29 June 2026
  • Naturally, Bravo’s bigwigs and Cohen were pretty peeved to see gossip sites scooping them on their own reunion.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Adrien Brody, Hoda Kotb and Gayle King were among the other notables.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 June 2026
  • There are plenty of notables on the Directing ballot, too.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • Based on those figures, Honsal said 731 dogs remain unaccounted for.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Kids will create origami figures, write wishes on them and hang them on bamboo.
    Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Brand deals include finance biggies like American Express and Wealthfront.
    Steven Bertoni, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • These are the biggies so far, although the ballot likely will be filled with a host of other significant questions.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • The Minnesota Wild’s big guns showed up in a big way Saturday night, and the Avs looked wobbly for the first time in this tournament in a 5-1 loss in Game 3 at Grand Casino Arena.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 10 May 2026
  • Against Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup, Wrexham twice raced into a two-goal lead only for the half-time of introduction of the Premier League’s ‘big guns’ to underline how far the Welsh club still has to go if their owners’ top flight ambitions are to be realised.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • But taking on one of Wall Street’s big boys, and then getting squashed for it, ranks right up there.
    Liz Peek, Washington Post, 4 May 2026
  • Then the Bruins big boys decided to make a statement after that.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In any year, in any culture, there are no antagonists (save for Nazis) better suited as action cinema heavies; rooting against child trafficking lowlifes is moral, easy, and best of all, a completely guiltless pleasure.
    Andy Crump, IndieWire, 15 June 2026
  • However, on season 2 of Twin Peaks, the actress played Miss Jones, the right-hand woman for one of the series' heavies, Thomas Eckhardt (the late David Warner).
    Drew Mackie, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
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“Supremos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supremos. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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