absolute
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What some of the Princeton philosophers imagined, according to Mr. Rovelli, was that the universe consisted of “well-defined atoms moving in an absolute space.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
“I appreciate their trust in me, and I have an absolute blast doing it every single week. And I cannot wait to continue to do it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
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
Ronaldo said in a lengthy statement he had left because Portugal coach Jorge Jesus twice "broke his word", accusing him of an "absolute breach of trust".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
After that long walk home, the absolute last thing I wanted to do right then was walk Delilah.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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
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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