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[uhl-tuh-mit] / ˈʌl tə mɪt /




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The bottom half folds down like a tailgate on a pickup truck, and there’s even an available accessory that can be a table or a backrest, making the Expedition the ultimate tailgating SUV.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

However, Gulf officials say those assertions are designed to sow panic among shippers and doubts about the Americans’ demining effort, with the ultimate aim of disrupting the flow of oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

The ultimate challenge will be establishing whether its apparent advantages in animals translate into meaningful benefits for patients.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

She’s happy in spite of every aspect of life that conspires to bring her down because it’s the ultimate power move.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

The ultimate fate of the cosmos lies with zero.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

In this building," Clark proclaims, "everything emanates and ultimates from me.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is more in this book about Miss Woolson's literary mannerisms than Lincoln's world-shaking ideas; more about Joaquin Miller's escapades than Melville's struggles with the ultimates of morality.

From Time Magazine Archive

And the book is, finally, both religious in its treatment of ultimates and morally eloquent in its strong rebuke for those who scorn any culture but their own.

From Time Magazine Archive

Obviously with a man so much concerned with ultimates the place accorded him in letters will depend upon whether one agrees or disagrees with his conclusions.

From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Maisie Ward

"I say nothing of ultimates," he said at last.

From Marriage by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells


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