adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
almost
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Organisations with strong cultures often centre themselves around almost legendary figures in their history.
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The culture wars here are almost legendary .
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First there is the almost legendary ease of use.
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The 205's chassis has achieved almost legendary status.
now
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He was dressed in the garb of a Catholic priest and he bore an uncanny resemblance to the now legendary Spencer Tracy.
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It was the now legendary Nightmare Scenario.
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Dee and Kelley had done the now legendary vanishing act and they'd taken Barry along with them.
■ NOUN
figure
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Organisations with strong cultures often centre themselves around almost legendary figures in their history.
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The implication: one does well to regard oneself as a legendary figure .
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A legendary figure , Liall a Mahajetsu, led an army of warriors for millennia, in distant battles across the cosmos.
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He was an associate of Neuhaus, and like that legendary figure imparted the richest sense of cultural and human ideals.
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He thought it a mistake for the Prince to make his first visit in the shadow of such a legendary figure .
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Teddy Edwards, is one of the legendary figures in jazz saxophone.
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Many of the novel's legendary figures , however, do successfully complement an obsessively Cainite outlook.
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Until now, to Yeremi, Space Marines had been virtually legendary figures .
land
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The local recipient of the most fixes, year after year, is legendary land speculator Don Diamond.
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It was lobbied by folks on the payroll of legendary land speculator Don Diamond.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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the legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix
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the legendary palace of Kublai Khan
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The album was recorded at the legendary Abbey Road studios.
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The studio was owned by Sam Goldwyn, the legendary Hollywood producer.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A friend from Alabama never made chili without okra, and her chili was legendary .
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At the time, Ktesibios's fame as an inventor rivaled that of the legendary engineer Archimedes.
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But there are other legendary diggings.
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Her performances were legendary , and I am at a loss to describe them now.
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His spicy fisherman's soup is legendary .
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The western flank of this high frontier is the Golden Triangle, legendary for its opium crop and warlord law.
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Their mounts varied from single-seaters to glorious road cars such as the legendary 250GTO and Daytona.
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This stretch apparently isn't a good example of Ireland's legendary finery; it's too yellow and normal.