last resort
noun
: something done only if nothing else works
Asking for more time should be our last resort.
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It should be seen as a last resort to lower your financial burden and avoid bankruptcy.
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Quinlan Grim, Sacramento Bee, 21 Mar. 2025
Each might see the use of the API as a form of last resort.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Would France be up to the task of replacing the U.S. as Europe's security guarantor of last resort?
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Resistance to the antibiotic of last resort is silently spreading
The Trump administration’s current policies are making such a future more plausible.
—John Green, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2025
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Quinlan Grim, Sacramento Bee, 21 Mar. 2025
Each might see the use of the API as a form of last resort.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Would France be up to the task of replacing the U.S. as Europe's security guarantor of last resort?
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Resistance to the antibiotic of last resort is silently spreading
The Trump administration’s current policies are making such a future more plausible.
—John Green, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for last resort
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“Last resort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/last%20resort. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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