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[uht-er] / ˈʌt ər /




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The court described the tragedy as caused by "individuals driven by greed, with utter disregard for human life".

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

But their unrelieved brightness and utter lack of texture have the bland flatness of plastic, and render them lifeless.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

"I think all of us feel the same - that it is an utter joy of a job to walk into," says Leah Byrne.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

I cackle at the distance between perfection and utter collapse, but I also feel a pang of tenderness: I am moved by their effort.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Normally, Andre would laugh at her clumsiness, but he’s too busy staring at the line of cars in utter bewilderment.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

In it he utters what is now one of cinema's most famous lines.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

Grant, on the other hand “talks like an earnest business-man—prompt clearheaded & decisive—& utters no bosh.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

"Brilliant," is one word that nearly every single England fan I speak to utters as I call out to them outside the stadium.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2025

Leave the thorn, Pleasure utters in lament, take the rose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025

Her mother utters her name three times: Lourdes.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

The saying is one of his favorite maxims, but it hasn’t been uttered by any other world leader for centuries.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

He consulted with an array of doctors throughout the Central Valley and interviewed county officials, often hitting dead ends the moment he uttered “union” or “farmworkers.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

His castmate Richard O'Brien asked him to audition for his new musical, The Rocky Horror Show, the iconic 1973 role in which Curry uttered the line "don't dream it, be it".

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

"It's crazy!" uttered a woman as the crowd beside suddenly burst into enthusiastic applause.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

My parents were far more offended by the word if it was uttered in English and not in our native Farsi, which they tried to encourage us to speak as much as possible.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

Nearly 300 episodes, which aired during the 1990s and 2000s, showed the hapless, accident-prone brothers uttering their catchphrase "To me, to you" as they caused chaos everywhere they went.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

Without uttering a word, they portray the nurses bustling behind doctors in the hit series "The Pitt," the agents guarding a crime scene in "NCIS" or, like Armella, work as "stand-ins" for stars.

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

“Moving on to something a bit more important,” Fox proceeded, but not before uttering, “although it was an important part of my life.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025

Caty Wagner, water campaign manager for the Sierra Club, said she is most concerned that a board member recently felt comfortable uttering a racist remark out loud.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025

But this small episode is as good an illustration as any of the hazards of uttering witticisms.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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