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absolute

[ab-suh-loot, ab-suh-loot] / ˈæb səˌlut, ˌæb səˈlut /






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Cullen said he and his partner, Alison Sudol, were massive fans of Locke, who was "an absolute joy to work with".

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

"There's also other reasons as well, from the environmental side of things. I think it's an absolute travesty."

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Hopper would later insist on the absolute absence of any social commentary in his work, claiming that he was simply painting his own inner life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Giamanco's mother told the local Fox affiliate she was "very proud" and that her son was "an absolute hero."

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

On the other hand, Kelvin’s discovery of absolute zero told physicists what they couldn’t do.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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


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