absolute
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But when a clown’s only trick is shouting into a live microphone, the absolute worst thing that can happen is for the cameras to simply turn off.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
They don't want the cats to become comfortable around people and contact is kept to an absolute minimum.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
“We are at absolute yield levels we have not seen in 20 to 25 years,” he said about the tax-exempt market.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
When Bailey scrambled back, he saw a Vanderbilt blitz crash toward him, and went into an absolute panic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 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
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
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
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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