all-timer
noun
all-tim·er
ˈȯl-ˌtī-mər 
US
: an exceptional person or thing that is regarded as the best or as among the best of all time
… the fifth game of the National League Championship series, in San Diego, which was an all-timer by any measure …—
Roger Angell
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Every World Series is memorable, but this was an all-timer.
—Levi Weaver, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
His rebound, the 1976 Alan J. Pakula thriller All the President’s Men, was an all-timer in which Redford played Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward opposite Dustin Hoffman’s Carl Bernstein.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Many of those are all-timers for anime.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2025
Speak Daggers arrives October 17, via Escho, and features reggae all-timers the Congos and Copenhagen artists Erika de Casier and Fine.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
War of the Worlds may truly be an all-timer, in a bad way.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Anchored by all-timer performances from James Gandolfini and Edie Falco, the story of a mob boss whose panic attacks send him into therapy set a new standard for antiheroes — and television as a medium.
—Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The Portal games are excellent first-person puzzle games that are filled with mind-bending physics puzzles, and the Switch collection is just about the best way to play these all-timers on the go.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Captain America: Civil War' (2016) Cap vs. Iron Man is the main event, of course, and the heroes-batting-each-other airport showdown is an all-timer.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 July 2025
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Levi Weaver, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
His rebound, the 1976 Alan J. Pakula thriller All the President’s Men, was an all-timer in which Redford played Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward opposite Dustin Hoffman’s Carl Bernstein.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Many of those are all-timers for anime.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2025
Speak Daggers arrives October 17, via Escho, and features reggae all-timers the Congos and Copenhagen artists Erika de Casier and Fine.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
War of the Worlds may truly be an all-timer, in a bad way.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Anchored by all-timer performances from James Gandolfini and Edie Falco, the story of a mob boss whose panic attacks send him into therapy set a new standard for antiheroes — and television as a medium.
—Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The Portal games are excellent first-person puzzle games that are filled with mind-bending physics puzzles, and the Switch collection is just about the best way to play these all-timers on the go.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Captain America: Civil War' (2016) Cap vs. Iron Man is the main event, of course, and the heroes-batting-each-other airport showdown is an all-timer.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 July 2025
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“All-timer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-timer. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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