absolute
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“Union leaders and workers are more willing to use strikes as a way to advance gains, as opposed to just an absolute last resort,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 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
Looking at it another way, what was the absolute worst time in the past century to invest in U.S. stocks for 10 years?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
"I've waited 50 years for him to be given an absolute discharge. I've served the time, not him," she said.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Every object is influenced by the environment it's in, so it’s impossible to cool anything in the universe—a banana, an ice cube, a dollop of liquid helium—to absolute zero.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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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