absolute
Example Sentences
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Humane treatment of German nationals was an "absolute priority", they added.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
What we call the “Big Bang” may not have been the absolute beginning, but a bounce — a quantum transition between two time-reversed phases of cosmic evolution.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
“They wait until it’s an absolute emergency,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
“There is no such thing as absolute immunity for federal officers who commit crimes in this state or any other.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
I woke at two-thirty—according to the flashing, demonic red of a digital clockface—in an absolute panic.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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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