absolute
Example Sentences
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Maria Karystianou, who lost her 19-year-old daughter Marthi, said relatives had been "packed like sardines" and the spectacle was "an absolute disgrace".
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
After a meeting last week, G7 foreign ministers said it was an "absolute necessity" for Iran to re-establish free passage through the strait and called for an end to attacks on civilian infrastructure.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
“It’s absolute ridiculousness,” Errol Marks, who hosts a podcast devoted to New York sports, says about the cost and complexity that watching games requires now.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026
But a lot of judges have hit the absolute outer boundaries of their tolerance for this.
From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026
For a brief moment, Duane experienced absolute silence, which was peaceful but also dreadful, because that was the moment that he and the toboggan, so far above the ground below, finally stopped.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.