absolute
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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
Trey Mangum says of the runaway No. 1 pick, “Dropping just in time is Netflix’s ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures,’ anchored by Sally Field and an absolute shoo-in.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
The historian argued that Castro feared any rapprochement with Washington would spur political and economic reforms on the island that would jeopardise his absolute power.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
“There is no such thing as absolute immunity for federal officers who commit crimes in this state or any other.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
“A library without books? That is, indeed, a disgrace. An absolute disgrace.”
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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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