ultimate
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Investments could drastically change the ultimate amount a person has to spend over the rest of their lifetime, especially as Americans are living longer and spending two or even three or more decades in retirement.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
"The ultimate barometer of success for us: are our customers happy enough with the service that they want to return again next year? And it seems that they are."
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
For a time as the early-evening chill began to factor, Henseleit's steady approach threatened to deliver the ultimate dividend.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
His ultimate hope is that AI does what we need, leaving us free to do what we like.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Even if the zeros at the center of black holes don’t provide an easy way to travel through space, the zero of quantum mechanics provides an alternative: the zero-point energy might be the ultimate fuel.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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
In this building," Clark proclaims, "everything emanates and ultimates from me.
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
One need not inquire into the origins or the ultimates.
From The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by Griffis, William Elliot
Nothing which did not minister to his innate passion for ultimates had any attraction for him.
From Ruysbroeck by Underhill, Evelyn
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