a cut above

phrase

: better than other people or things
All of his books are good, but this one is a cut above (the rest).
She's a cut above the other competitors and should win easily.

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Mitchell took a shot to the face on a drive to the basket that led to a cut above his right eye just 16 seconds into the third quarter of Wednesday’s 144-128 exhibition win against the Brooklyn Nets at Kaseya Center. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 Some of this material is just a cut above cliché, a way of providing readers with a smattering of cultural reference. — David Denby, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 By the end of the round, Hrgović was nursing a cut above his right eyebrow — a worrying sign for a man whose June 2024 fight against Daniel Dubois was stopped because of cuts above both his eyebrows. — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026 But what makes the seven-part series a cut above derives from the on-target performances, especially Annette Bening as Priscilla, Cary’s cunning, grifter momma bear who has an axe to grind with Lucky and Lucky’s dad, also a con artist. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for a cut above

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