absolute
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Getting to speak to him was an absolute privilege.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
The catch was that producing these conditions generally required sophisticated equipment capable of cooling matter to temperatures extremely close to absolute zero, the lowest possible temperature.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
"The safety of Poles is an absolute priority," he added.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
San Portablo, co-owned by Locke, said the TV star was an "absolute Welsh treasure" who "lived an incredible life".
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
It was the absolute worst time for Mrs. Caruthers to interject, but Ophie should have expected the old woman wouldn’t be able to keep her mouth shut.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
Mozeliak didn’t rule himself out as the long-term answer at general manager and was emphatic about not speaking in absolutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 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
"They are not designed to be absolutes," he said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 2, 2023
All of us, when it comes to personality, naturally think in terms of absolutes: that a person is a certain way or is not a certain way.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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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