ultimate object

In other words, hunger implies that there is food, thirst assumes that there is water, and love cannot exist without an ultimate object of its affection.

A former secretary general of the RSS all but admitted that “the ultimate object of all these endeavors”—referring to Sewa International and Seva Bharati—”is Hindu sangathan: consolidation and strengthening of the Hindu society.”

It has also killed at least 130,000 Americans this year, and counting — the ultimate object lesson in why 2020 is no 2016.

Even as Romney has become the ultimate object of Trump-fueled derision outside the state, it’s a different story within Utah, where efforts to reprimand the senator have foundered and he has unlocked support from unusual quarters.

According to Roberta Smith, the co-chief art critic of The New York Times, Courbet’s painting “identifies woman as proud possessor, revealing the ultimate object of the male gaze with a forthrightness that can stop the gaze in its tracks.”