last resort

noun

: something done only if nothing else works

Asking for more time should be our last resort.

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Even as private insurers flee hurricane zones or raise premiums and lower coverage limits, the federal government, and to a lesser degree the state of Florida, remain as the insurers of last resort — paying out claims to people whose homes were washed away and businesses that were flooded out. —

Peter Green, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2024 Homeowners unable to secure traditional policies have had to turn to the costly FAIR Plan, California’s insurer of last resort. —

Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024 Florida’s insurer of last resort, now saddled with risk from multiple homeowners, has proposed a rate increase of 14 percent, set to go into effect next year. —

Molly Taft, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024 In an attempt to alleviate the sewers, officials turned to their outlets of last resort: releasing runoff mixed with human waste into Lake Michigan. —

Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for last resort