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sheer

[sheer] / ʃɪər /
ADJECTIVE
almost vertical; very steep
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG




Example Sentences

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The role of universities and transport investment is also critical, but not every town and city in the UK has the same raw materials, for example in terms of sheer number of young graduates.

From BBC

His superpower is enraging his opponents to the point that they can’t help but make a mistake out of sheer frustration.

From The Wall Street Journal

The instrument also paved the way to an aesthetics of electricity—feedback, distortion, fuzz, sheer volume—that led to such genres as heavy metal, punk, grunge and shoegaze.

From The Wall Street Journal

Disney’s initial skepticism and the scene’s sheer impact on food both beg the question: How did one of the messiest foods imaginable become shorthand for romance?

From Salon

Worries are building about the sheer number of power-hungry data centers that will need to be built to drive the AI boom.

From The Wall Street Journal