last resort
Example Sentences
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Just like war itself, polygraphs should be a lever of last resort.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
The railroads advertised the L.A. climate as a last resort for the world’s sickly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Nvidia also recently signed deals with two young cloud-computing companies in Australia where it acts as a customer of last resort if they can’t find others to rent their computing power to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
With the conflict in Iran now in its sixth month, U.S. refineries have become the world’s gasoline and diesel suppliers of last resort.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Mother was the court of last resort on household matters; there was no appeal, but I laid out my next suggestion anyway, feeble as it was.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
