absolute
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"A footballer to the absolute core of his being" was the verdict of one club employee.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
What we call the “Big Bang” may not have been the absolute beginning, but a bounce — a quantum transition between two time-reversed phases of cosmic evolution.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
Candy Buckley and Derek Smith are veteran New York stage actors worth seeking out in anything, and they are an absolute delight here, each playing several roles with ferocious zest.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
“They wait until it’s an absolute emergency,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Even without knowing any of the distances in absolute terms, he could place the planets in order of increasing distance from the Sun.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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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