Mount Rushmore
English
editEtymology
editNamed after businessman Charles E. Rushmore (1857–1931).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
edit- A famous mountain in the Black Hills with the heads of four US presidents carved into it.
Noun
editMount Rushmore (plural Mount Rushmores)
- (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.
Alternative forms
editFurther reading
edit- Mount Rushmore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia