: going beyond others or beyond due limit : extreme
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Adjective
espouses a kind of ultra conservatism that even some members of his own party cannot support
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Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
Mythical Island comes with 86 new cards — 68 are numbered, standard rarity cards, 6 are illustration rare cards, 10 are special illustration rare cards, and there's one each of the ultra rare immersive and gold crown cards.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
James Horncastle, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Plenty of seasonings, including garlic powder, and aromatic onion make this dish ultra tasty—and crunchy buttery cornflakes provide a lot of texture.
Learn how to make funeral potatoes.
—Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
Get The Recipe 10 of 30 Pumpkin Banana Bread
With both pumpkin puree and mashed banana in the batter, this quick bread is ultra moist and tender.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
Mythical Island comes with 86 new cards — 68 are numbered, standard rarity cards, 6 are illustration rare cards, 10 are special illustration rare cards, and there's one each of the ultra rare immersive and gold crown cards.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
No one apart from the ultras, daubing new withering slogans on bed sheets to be carried into San Siro for the next league game against Cagliari.
—James Horncastle, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Plenty of seasonings, including garlic powder, and aromatic onion make this dish ultra tasty—and crunchy buttery cornflakes provide a lot of texture.
Learn how to make funeral potatoes.
—Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Ultra.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ultra. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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