absolute
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But she says an absolute must is that mental health should be treated no differently than physical health.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Because what was already a steal when the teams first agreed to the trade in June now looks like an absolute lifesaver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
They might not be at the absolute leading edge of the AI frontier, but they are more than powerful enough to handle a wide range of tasks that companies can throw at them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
It does not, by itself, explain whether time had an absolute beginning.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
His daughter’s request, for such it might be considered, of being admitted into her family again before she set off for the North, received at first an absolute negative.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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
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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