as in final
following all others of the same kind in order or time
the latest news reveals many details we didn't know before
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as in trend
a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time
following the latest in design
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Recent Examples of latest
Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Feb. 2023
The shooting came a day before the fifth anniversary of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting that killed 17 and is the latest in what has become a deadly new year in the U.S.
—Bloomberg.com, 14 Feb. 2023
Dana Branham, Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2020
That equates to more than 45 million Americans using CBD products, based on latest available U.S. Census estimates.
—Brendan Bures, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2019
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Adjective
The American Western drama is the latest of Taylor Sheridan's ever-growing Yellowstone franchise surrounding the legacy of the Dutton family from west of the Mississippi.
—Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Feb. 2023
The shooting came a day before the fifth anniversary of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting that killed 17 and is the latest in what has become a deadly new year in the U.S.
—Bloomberg.com, 14 Feb. 2023
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The latests deaths included three residents of long-term care facilities in Dallas, as well as a Balch Springs man in his 20s and a Dallas man in his 60s.
—Dana Branham, Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2020
That equates to more than 45 million Americans using CBD products, based on latest available U.S. Census estimates.
—Brendan Bures, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2019
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The decision in the final weeks of President Joe Biden's administration sets up a fight over the future of California's vehicle regulations.David Shepardson, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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The impending move marks the final interest rate decision before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who repeatedly criticized Fed Chair Jerome Powell during Trump's first term in office.Max Zahn, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2024
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And, for a mid-weight medium wash that will outlast all trends, opt for Levi’s.Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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Still, the killer whales are on trend in one regard: Pantone’s 2024 color of the year, Peach Fuzz, bears resemblance to cooked salmon.Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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Just last year, Gellar was opposed to the idea of revisiting Buffy’s world.Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Dec. 2024
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This is a more than 2% increase since last Christmas, a Zillow news release states.Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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Want to get the whole family into the pickleball craze?Madison Yauger, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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Long before the resale craze, Ludot started selling secondhand clothes in the wake of Saint Laurent’s controversial 1971 Libération collection, inspired by ’40s wartime fashion in France.Samantha Conti, WWD, 6 Dec. 2024
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Regulators have also challenged Amazon’s investments in Anthropic and even Microsoft’s modest investment in Mistral, though these latter two have been cleared.Rob Toews, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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That latter comment was especially pointed in light of how ubiquitous Flav was at this summer’s Olympic games in Paris, which were broadcast by NBC.Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2024
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Senior fashion icons are in vogue, even given the departure of interior designer Iris Apfel who died in March at 102.R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Yet there’s a familiar ring here: Republicans are back in power; deregulation and spending cuts to social programs meant to protect ordinary people are back in vogue.Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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Corbet found the swell of advance enthusiasm gratifying, if bewildering.Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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It’s been a confounding situation, where the ever-shrinking audience — and mostly bad reviews alongside low audience scores — didn’t seem to shrink Sony’s enthusiasm to keep pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into a plan that nobody besides them had confidence or interest in.Mark Hughes, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Another incident found the mother taking the phone from her son, which sent the boy into a fit of rage.Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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The level of rage was a shock that should make billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy think twice before using their non-governmental, Department of Government Efficiency—DOGE— to shred industry regulation rather than reform it.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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