ADJECTIVE
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of the highest quality or value
gilt-edged securities
gilt-edged credentials - having gilded edges as the pages of a book
How To Use gilt-edged In A Sentence
- Bolt has given the sport a gilt-edged opportunity, but knowing how to take it is another matter. Times, Sunday Times
- It is understood that the Government has done nothing to discourage City expectations that it will curtail its gilt-edged buying programme.
- Presented with a gilt-edged chance, Gardyne attempted to lift his shot over Craig Wight, but the goalkeeper caught the effort with ease.
- The wedding bill will include gilt-edged invites, $300,000 floral displays and a 10-tier cake costing $10,000.
- Of the many chances Scotland bombed, the most shinily gilt-edged came shortly afterwards when Ross Rennie, a real handful throughout, broke past three English defenders and fatally hesitated before trying to pass to one of Mike Blair or Laidlaw, both clear outside him. Six Nations 2012: Andy Robinson statistics fail to ease Scotland agony
- Eight birdies in four holes was gilt-edged golf. Times, Sunday Times
- There is a harrowing moment when each middle-class families first starts to undertand that its gilt-edged securities and War Loan will never recover.
- Various barriers confronted borrowers from accessing available credit, weakening confidence and optimism among individuals and corporations; except for exceptional gilt-edged enterprises. Patrick Yam: Epiphinal Economic Times
- And it happened again here, as they missed six gilt-edged chances to score. The Sun
- Many of the best applications come from accomplished programmers who have working product demos but lack gilt-edged Valley Rolodexes. The Disruptor In The Valley
