Definitions
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- adjective preferred above all others and treated with partiality
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Examples
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The new trail, says David Lillard, former president of the American Hiking Society and author of trail guides, “is a great conservation story … and destined to become one of the best-loved multi-use trails in America.”
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His account of the experience, first published as "Walden; or, Life in the Woods," may be the world's best-loved nature book.
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Rock and pop legends Ronnie Spector (of The Ronettes), and Jon "Bowzer" Bauman (formerly of Sha Na Na) team up to host a celebration of the best-loved songs from the late 1950s and early 1960s in an all-new MY MUSIC concert event.
Mike Ragogna: HuffPost Exclusive: Jim Bianco "Sinners," Plus a Conversation with The Crystals' La La Brooks and PBS Premieres Rock, Pop & Doo Wop Mike Ragogna 2011
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The new trail, says David Lillard, former president of the American Hiking Society and author of trail guides, “is a great conservation story … and destined to become one of the best-loved multi-use trails in America.”
Rail Trails Provide Local Economic Engine « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2009
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Rock and pop legends Ronnie Spector (of The Ronettes), and Jon "Bowzer" Bauman (formerly of Sha Na Na) team up to host a celebration of the best-loved songs from the late 1950s and early 1960s in an all-new MY MUSIC concert event.
Mike Ragogna: HuffPost Exclusive: Jim Bianco "Sinners," Plus a Conversation with The Crystals' La La Brooks and PBS Premieres Rock, Pop & Doo Wop Mike Ragogna 2011
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By contrast, Daily Mail readers' best-loved biscuits include the garibaldi – named after Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi – followed by thin arrowroots, ginger crunches, chocolate wafers and rich teas.
Crumbs! Sun readers love pink wafers: our biscuit secrets revealed 2011
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I was twenty years old, she forgave me, and, because I was twenty years old, because I was naive — still deceived, but no longer abandoned — I thought myself to be the best-loved lover, and therefore the happiest of men.
Translation 2010
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Philip Kerr returns with his best-loved character, Bernie Gunther, in the fifth novel in what is now a series: a tight, twisting, compelling thriller that is firmly rooted in history.
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It tipped its hat to the Old West's decline—in favor of outer-space fantasy—when Buzz Lightyear replaced Sheriff Woody as a boy's best-loved toy.
Howdy, Space Partner 2011
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The new trail, says David Lillard, former president of the American Hiking Society and author of trail guides, “is a great conservation story … and destined to become one of the best-loved multi-use trails in America.”
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