absolute
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“That was an absolute disaster and yet we remember D-day as one of the great military triumphs in history,” Haig says.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
Mock said it is “the absolute least they can give.”
From Slate • May 28, 2026
These have a remarkable decisiveness, an absolute authority and control, free of wobbling or any irregularity.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
In that group, women treated with beta blockers had a 2.7 percent higher absolute risk of mortality during 3.7 years of follow-up compared with women who were not treated with beta blockers.
From Science Daily • May 25, 2026
“Allow me to introduce myself. I am Sir Francis Sasquatch III of the Yellowstone National Park Sasquatches. Formally knighted in both Faerie Courts. An absolute pleasure to meet you. Sweetheart, you’re all anyone’s talking about.”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
Vocabulary lists containing absolute
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 6
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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