sheer
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Do you think that money is going to rule the finish line in this one, or do any of the other candidates have a shot through sheer determination?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Operating on a mixture of audacity, talent, and sheer guts, Bertei became part of the No Wave scene that existed immediately adjacent to the Punk Rock Class of 1975.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
Developing countries were being hit especially hard, due to the sheer number of petrol cars as well as households that rely on gas, he said.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
“It throws an air of respectability about five-dollar dealings that are sheer gambling,” the Inquirer wrote Sept. 25, 1878.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Not an imitation of the strategy, or the craft, or the luck, but an imitation of the sheer bravado: the idea of stealing something that couldn’t possibly be stolen.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Vocabulary lists containing sheer
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 7
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List 8
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