absolute
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In absolute terms, progressing beyond the first session for the first time all season, and lining up 16th, is nothing special.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
“Every single day you are pushed to your absolute physical and mental limits to master the profession of arms,” he said in a video, captioned “The High-T Department of War,” announcing the initiative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Although the relative increase was significant, the researchers emphasized that the absolute risk of hair loss remained low.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
“He’s up there with Philip Seymour Hoffman for me. There’s something otherworldly personal about what they gave, such sincerity and vulnerability and an absolute dedication to craft. They leave a mark on your heart.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
It hurt, but that was nothing compared to the absolute horror she felt coursing through her.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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
Khondji concedes to these particularities, yet he doesn’t think in rigid absolutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2025
"They are not designed to be absolutes," he said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 2, 2023
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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