Synonyms for Sterling
ˈstɜr lɪŋster·ling

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1. sterling

   Synonyms:
   sound, substantial, unalloyed, pure, unadulterated, standard, genuine, essential, solid

   Antonyms:
   fictitious, ungenuine, ascititious, specious, pretentious, ostensible, plausible

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1. sterlingadjective

   British money; especially the pound sterling as the basic monetary unit of the UK

   Antonyms:
   inferior

2. greatest, sterling(a), superlativeadjective

   highest in quality

   Antonyms:
   inferior

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1. sterlingadjective

   Synonyms:
   genuine, pure, true, real, substantial, positive

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1. List of paraphrases for "sterling":

   sterlings, excellent, pound, staley, £, stirling, pounds

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1. Francis Ford Coppola:

   Robert Evans had strong instincts as evidenced by the long list of great films in Robert Evans career, when I worked with Bob, some of his helpful ideas included suggesting John Marley as Woltz and Sterling Hayden as the Police Captain, and John Marley as Woltz ultimate realization that' The Godfather' could be 2 hours and 45 minutes in length ; also, making a movie out of' The Cotton Club' — casting Richard Gere and Gregory Hines, and bringing Milena Canonero, George Faison, Richard Sylbert, and many other talented people to work on the film. May The Kid always stay in the picture.

2. Bill Clinton:

   It was Mario Cuomo's great gift and our good fortune that he was both a sterling orator and a passionate public servant. His life was a blessing.

3. Jake Higdon:

   There's not a sterling example.

4. Mike Ingram:

   For me it's a cumulative effect. We had Paris, and then Brussels, then France again and then a coup... It seems as though holidaymakers were delaying and hoping to book at the last minute, so a stock like Thomas Cook will be hit, given the depreciation of sterling, given the security concerns and given that people might opt for.

5. Justice Department:

   This evidence suggests that Officer Salamoni fired his weapon when he believed that Sterling was going for his gun a second time, after Officer Lake had warned Sterling not to move, although the videos do not show Sterling's right hand at the time those shots were fired, they show that Sterling's right hand was not under Officer Salamoni's control. The evidence also cannot establish that Sterling was not reaching for a gun when Officer Salamoni yelled that Sterling was doing so.