outmost

Example Sentences

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"We will do our outmost to bring all stranded people back before Christmas."

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2022

Group 17 elements, including fluorine and chlorine, have seven electrons in their outmost shells, so they tend to fill this shell with an electron from other atoms or molecules, making them negatively charged ions.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

And far out in the Pacific, 1,242 miles west of Kodiak, is the Navy's outmost listening post, Kiska Island, which can be used as an advance base for U. S. Navy operations.

From Time Magazine Archive

The new boom has already wiped outmost vestiges of the deep downturn that hit the industry about the time of the Arab oil embargo in late 1973.

From Time Magazine Archive

His church appeared beautiful as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem:—For from the outmost parts were heard songs, even glory to the righteous.

From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by Howie, John