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utter

[uht-er] / ˈʌt ər /




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If the U.S. healthcare system is dysfunctional, then the long-term-care situation is a complete and utter disaster.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

The obituaries, social media posts and GoFundMe pages capture the utter despair of the families, though none of them reckon with the decision not to get the vitamin K shot.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

From 1-0 down to 2-1 up, from deep concern to utter bedlam in 18 breathless minutes.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Manso said the PCC provides what recruits feel they can’t get elsewhere: escape from “the utter misery of urban life.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

One day the Nine appeared to him and they told him, “We know how to speak false things that seem true, but we know, when we will, to utter true things.”

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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