ultimate
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"SolarStratos takes another step towards its ultimate goal: reaching the stratosphere aboard a crewed electric and solar-powered aircraft, without using a single drop of fossil fuel."
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
He agreed that “many have grown weary of trying to look years ahead at the ultimate payoff.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
And that may not be the ultimate goal, he said.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
Lord Hendy insists that despite the Transport Secretary having ultimate sign-off on GBR's strategy, the body will be genuinely arms-length from government.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Tarzan—“his straight and perfect figure, muscled as the best of the ancient Roman gladiators must have been muscled”—exemplified the ultimate victory of nature over nurture.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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
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
So I say to you that if you want to find happiness in this life, look with distrust upon all absolutes and ultimates, all hard and fast rules, all formulas and dogmas and "general principles."
From The Book of Life by Upton Sinclair
Sometimes it ultimates itself in the ulceration and destruction of other osseous tissues in different portions of the body.
From What a Young Woman Ought to Know by Mary Wood-Allen
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