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- adjective
superlative form ofbold : mostbold .
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Examples
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Americans watched as Obama executed what he called the "boldest undertaking of a single event in modern history," referring to Osama bin Laden's death.
All Stories 2011
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Americans watched as Obama executed what he called the 'boldest undertaking of a single event in modern history,' referring to Osama bin Laden's death.
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Americans watched as Obama executed what he called the "boldest undertaking of a single event in modern history," referring to Osama bin Laden's death.
All Stories 2011
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Columbia and its crew blasted off April 12, 1981, to begin three decades of shuttle missions with a first test flight that has been called the boldest ever.
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Fed in boldest moves since Great Depression is protecting banks at the expense of tax-payers.
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The blueprint, known as the Transit Effectiveness Project, calls for eliminating or shortening some bus and streetcar lines and bolstering others; increasing the frequency of service along the busiest corridors; and removing a number of transit stops in what was called the boldest revamp of Muni in a generation.
SFGate: Top News Stories Rachel Gordon 2011
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One of the boldest is the Norwegian coming-of-age comedy "Turn Me On, Goddammit," which chronicles the running combat between its teenage heroine, Alma Helene Bergsholm, and her sex drive.
Women's Intuition on the Big Screen Steve Dollar 2011
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On Saturday, in what was described as their boldest attack in months, Unita rebels overran the town of Caxito, 60km from the capital Luanda.
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Poets should be lawgivers; that is, the boldest lyric inspiration should not chide and insult, but should announce and lead the civil code and the day's work.
Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson 1842
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Poets should be lawgivers; that is, the boldest lyric inspiration should not chide and insult, but should announce and lead the civil code and the day's work.
Essays — First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson 1842
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