brass ring
nounDefinition of brass ring
: a rich opportunity : prize
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Senders specified each capsule’s destination by manipulating brass rings at its base; electro-mechanical widgets in the tubes read those settings and routed each capsule toward its destination. — Cal Newport, The New Yorker, "Was E-mail a Mistake?," 6 Aug. 2019 The brass rang the call for freedom in way to fill the streets with triumph. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: The Budapest Festival Orchestra takes over the Bowl," 31 July 2019 The one-time city attorney, now 54, became the first female — let alone biracial race — district attorney in the city’s history, winning again four years later before claiming another brass ring as California's first female attorney general in 2010. — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, "Kamala Harris knows how to 'throw an elbow': How California politics shaped the 2020 hopeful," 4 July 2019 But the brass ring would be to bring A.I. scrutiny to fighters, both old and new. — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, "Can Big Data Save Old Warplanes?," 23 Jan. 2019 And if a few extra days of rest now mean that Chapman will be hearty and hale in October, that silver lining may look more like a brass ring. — New York Times, "Yankees, With No Lead to Protect Against the Indians, Get to Rest Aroldis Chapman," 13 July 2018 But Friday night, as the Phillies moved into first place in the NL East by percentage points over Atlanta after finishing off the longest game in franchise history at 4 hours, 30 minutes, the manager’s brass ring felt within reach. — Matt Breen, Philly.com, "Phillies climb atop NL East with blowout win over Pirates," 6 July 2018 Not so, according to Yahoo’s Matt Bai, who wrote a column contemptuously dismissing Pence’s chances to grab the brass ring of the presidency. — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, "Actually, Pence’s Toadying Is His Best Shot at Becoming President," 17 May 2018 But in your play — spoiler alert — one of the two boys doesn’t score the brass ring. — Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, "A Playwright of Poverty Rejects ‘Hard Luck Porn’," 27 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'brass ring.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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