extremity
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On behalf of Bosh's next of kin, Mark Stewart KC said: "People might wonder and ask why it is that police officers who are armed do not shoot to injure by shooting an extremity."
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Bilateral lower extremity venous Doppler ultrasounds were performed and revealed chronic venous insufficiency, a benign and common condition, particularly in individuals over the age of 70.
From Slate • Jul. 18, 2025
Guimarães and Lancaster give themselves fearlessly over to a story that is extreme but in a way that is true to the extremity of adolescence.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2025
But she’s also the type of person whose extremity and selfishness make it easy for the audience to overlook the filmmaker’s ethically questionable choices, beginning with having Cunningham stand in for him.
From Salon • Aug. 18, 2024
On the north the view was bounded by the long chalk ridge of the Hog’s Back, from behind whose eastern extremity rose the towers of the seven skyscrapers which constituted Guildford.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Vocabulary lists containing extremity
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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"The Cask Of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
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"To Build a Fire," Vocabulary from the short story
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