absolute
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“She wasn’t someone who was well-known in the industry at the time, but he brought her in and she was an absolute superstar,” Mueller, now CEO of the startup Impulse Space, told MarketWatch over email.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
"Abandonment wasn't because the site became ecologically unsuitable in any absolute sense. Bison were still around, vegetation hadn't changed, and there was no substantive shift in fire activities," Wendt pointed out.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
Instead, the metric is where they stand in absolute terms — based mostly on testing conducted in the 11th grade.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Martin Keown: Looking at the draw, there will be some absolute blockbuster quarter-finals if the favourites win their groups, like England versus Brazil and Argentina against Portugal - or Messi against Cristiano Ronaldo.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 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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