ultimate object
Example Sentences
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In other words, hunger implies that there is food, thirst assumes that there is water, and love cannot exist without an ultimate object of its affection.
From Washington Times • Jun. 14, 2023
A former secretary general of the RSS all but admitted that “the ultimate object of all these endeavors”—referring to Sewa International and Seva Bharati—”is Hindu sangathan: consolidation and strengthening of the Hindu society.”
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2021
It has also killed at least 130,000 Americans this year, and counting — the ultimate object lesson in why 2020 is no 2016.
From Salon • Jul. 6, 2020
His ultimate object of contemplation was his own contradictory self, and he turned his obsession with fragmentation, discontinuity and the limits of language into a spectacle that enchanted children, disturbed adults and fascinated postmodernist critics.
From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2017
It is therefore necessary to keep clearly in view the ultimate object of economy, and to determine the expediency of minor operations with reference to that ulterior end.
From Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy by Ruskin, John
