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extremes

NOUN
extremity
Synonyms
STRONGEST
terminus
STRONG
acme acuteness adversity apex apogee border bound boundary brim brink butt climax consummation crisis depth disaster edge end excess extreme frontier height last margin maximum nadir outside pinnacle plight pole remote rim setback terminal termination tip top trouble verge vertex zenith
WEAK
dire straits
Antonyms
STRONG
aid base beginning blessing boon bottom center commencement good fortune good luck help inside interior middle minimum nadir opening peace prosperity start success

Example Sentences

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Growing up, Perry was caught between two extremes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Rockefeller just took it to extremes, so that all the workers were his people.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

Also read: The ‘meme stock’ craze is getting close to post-tariff-announcement extremes, according to JPMorgan.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Pangram’s latest version now outputs scores on a continuum and is making genuine progress on these gray-zone instances, but those cases remain far less validated than the extremes.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

The answer is always somewhere between the two extremes, and the balance between the two has to be struck afresh with each new topic.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton