absolute
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"We must establish with absolute clarity the causes of this event, verify compliance with safety protocols and determine any responsibilities that may arise," he said in a post on X.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
“That’s the absolute most I could ever get for it at this point,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
In contrast, we still don't know what his Spurs team are about, even though they have spent an absolute fortune on players.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Acting is work, but Kenneth Branagh and Ryan Reynolds appear to be having an absolute blast in Apple TV’s new film “Mayday.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Why would he go to work for an absolute monster?
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
It resonates in part because pregnant women are routinely handed absolutes with little explanation and expected to comply, so permission to have a little leeway is a welcome relief.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
No doubt, but as we have seen with the handball law if you add more absolutes that simply results in more disallowed goals.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025
Johnson told Barron’s that the projected percentage increases represent ranges rather than absolutes, and that individual payouts would depend on the company and the employee’s performance.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
Venable treats even his most culpable characters as human beings — perhaps the play’s boldest move in an age of moral absolutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
But she also understood that sometimes the world was just a little bit more complicated and grown folks liked to operate in absolutes.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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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