absolute
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The team then cooled the crystal to just a few degrees Kelvin above absolute zero, the lowest theoretically possible temperature.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
“Grain-the dominant growth engine for both carriers through 2026-should remain healthy in absolute terms, but fade rapidly in terms of outsized growth contribution, increasing the importance of replacement growth surfacing elsewhere,” the analysts write.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
"Consequently, they formed a deep-seated impression that, OK, Louis Vuitton was the absolute best and most prestigious," the freelancer told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
Pauline says Margaret was small, frail and grieving but she was an "absolute spitfire".
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Because I suddenly know, with absolute clarity, that Mom doesn’t know I’m with Dr.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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
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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