A list of superlatives is a list consisting of items regarded as

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. Both items and their qualities can be arrived at objectively and subjectively. An example of an objective list is Tallest buildings by height. An example of a purely subjective list is any ranking the Greatest of All Time (G.O.A.T.) at anything, from inventors and generals to Presidents and athletes. Similar subjective lists include such topics as "Best and Worst Dressed", "Most Beautiful Women of Hollywood" and "

Sexiest Man Alive ''People'' is an American weekly magazine that specializes in celebrity news and human-interest stories. It is published by Dotdash Meredith, a subsidiary of IAC. With a readership of 46.6 million adults in 2009, ''People'' had the l ...

", named by

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magazine annually since 1985. Such rankings were successfully parodied by

Dos Equis DOS is shorthand for the MS-DOS and IBM PC DOS family of operating systems. DOS may also refer to: Computing * Data over signalling (DoS), multiplexing data onto a signalling channel * Denial-of-service attack (DoS), an attack on a communicatio ...

beer in a long-running ad campaign featuring actor

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'', which aired from 2006 to 2016."The 'Most Interesting Man in the World' just lost his job", ''Washington Post'', March 10, 2016
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List of superlative trees The world's superlative trees can be ranked by any factor. Records have been kept for trees with superlative height, trunk diameter or girth, canopy coverage, airspace volume, wood volume, estimated mass, and age. Tallest The heights of th ...

- which ranks trees by such objective qualities as tallest, oldest, and largest leaves, and such subjective ones as "stoutest" and broadest. *

List of automotive superlatives Automotive superlatives include attributes such as the ''smallest'', ''largest'', ''fastest'', ''lightest'', ''best-selling'', and so on. This list (except for the firsts section) is limited to automobiles built after World War II, and lists sup ...

- which includes rankings by the smallest, largest, fastest, and best-selling, as well as "firsts" such as the first with a passive restraint, climate control, and in-car entertainment. *

List of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees This is a list of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees. This list is current as of the 94th Academy Awards ceremony. Best Picture Best Director Best Original Screenplay Best Actor in a Leading Role Best Actress in a Lea ...

- which includes multiple winners and nominees for awards such as Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, etc., ranked within each category by the most of each.

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