ultimate
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The ultimate decision on whether to go ahead with the show lies with Knox and the specific venue where it is being held.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
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
While Trump may be grappling with – and, at times denying - recent adversity, that will be ultimate measure of his political fate.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
They contained a number-shape that was the ultimate symbol of the Pythagorean view of the universe: the golden ratio.
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
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
He is no longer concerned with psychological ultimates, or real costs.
From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.
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
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