of all time

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: that has ever lived or existed
In my opinion, he is still the greatest basketball player of all time.

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The buck remains the 26th largest nontypical whitetail of all time, the fifth largest nontypical whitetail ever taken by a bowhunter, and the second largest nontypical whitetail ever taken in Nebraska. — Al Dawson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026 Created by Sorkin, the beloved NBC series ran from 1999 to 2006 and is widely regarded as one of the best TV shows of all time. — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026 Surely Shohei Ohtani, one of the greatest players of his generation, if not of all time, will be in the lineup, right? — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Securing approval for those additional indications is likely necessary for Icotyde to become one of J & J's biggest drugs of all time , as executives have projected. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for of all time

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