Mount Rushmore

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Named after businessman Charles E. Rushmore (1857–1931).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌmaʊnt ˈɹʌʃmɔː(ɹ)/
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Proper noun[edit]

Mount Rushmore

  1. A famous mountain in the Black Hills with the heads of four US presidents carved into it.

Noun[edit]

Mount Rushmore (plural Mount Rushmores)

  1. (by extension) The four most important people in a particular field or category.
    • 2020 March 27, Cade Metz, “The Week in Tech: We’re Testing How Much the Internet Can Handle”, in New York Times[1]:
      In the long run, the companies behind all this technology could emerge from the pandemic as an even greater force in our lives. So said a Mount Rushmore of Times tech reporters: Daisuke Wakabayashi, Jack Nicas, Steve Lohr and Mike Isaac.

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