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as in maximum
of the greatest or highest degree or quantity
the ultimate speed yet attained by a land-based vehicle
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as in final
following all others of the same kind in order or time
the ultimate speaker at today's meeting
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as in farthest
most distant from a center
the ultimate edges of the universe
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Recent Examples of ultimate
Luisa Zargani, WWD, 2 Mar. 2025
Mira Chai Hyde has a client roster that reads like the ultimate who’s who.
—Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 2 Mar. 2025
Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2025
The Drop Lana Maxi Slip Dress This maxi slip dress is the ultimate summer-to-fall styling hack because its lightweight fabric won’t cling to your body in the heat, plus it can be mixed and matched with blazers and leather jackets come autumn.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Loro Piana was a master class experience in the ultimate of Italian refinement and materiality.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 2 Mar. 2025
Mira Chai Hyde has a client roster that reads like the ultimate who’s who.
—Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
The ultimate tomatoes for sauce, salsa, and all kinds of preservation, paste tomatoes are meaty and ripen in abundance.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2025
The Drop Lana Maxi Slip Dress This maxi slip dress is the ultimate summer-to-fall styling hack because its lightweight fabric won’t cling to your body in the heat, plus it can be mixed and matched with blazers and leather jackets come autumn.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ultimate
Adjective
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Osbourne’s funeral cortege paraded past the Black Sabbath Bridge during his July 30 funeral in Birmingham, just weeks after Ozzy’s final performance at the all-star Back to the Beginning charity concert.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
7 Aug. 2025
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Edwards rarely tires of watching back footage of the feat: his electric speed down the runway, the bounding strides of his jumping action, and the enormous final vault into the sandpit.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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That's close to the farthest point in its orbit, which is 252,088 miles away, according to NASA.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
12 Jan. 2023
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Shortly before entering that orbit, NASA says Orion will travel 57, 287 miles beyond the moon at its farthest point from the lunar surface.—
Lee Roop | lroop@al.com,
al,
23 Nov. 2022
Noun
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The company has engaged Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. as an advisor for its business combination efforts and will pay a $7,000,000 fee upon consummation of a business combination.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
28 Mar. 2025
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QAnon preached a day of consummation and vengeance called The Storm, a day in which all Democratic leaders would be slaughtered.—
Rebecca Solnit
January 9,
Literary Hub,
9 Jan. 2021
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As a result, Karadzic remained in power for a year after the end of the Bosnian War, doing his utmost to undermine the peace process.—
Jacqueline R. McAllister,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Aug. 2015
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Nothing says confidence in your own policy-making like doing your utmost to keep consumers (most of whom double as voters) from understanding why their costs have risen so much.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2025
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As a consequence, most oil and gas majors exited New Zealand even before the ban came into place.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Monday was yet another rainy day for most of Wisconsin.—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The shooting happened the 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.—
Joey Cappelletti and Mike Householder,
Anchorage Daily News,
15 Feb. 2023
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The video is the latest in a lengthy stream of controversies the probation department has faced in recent years.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2023
Noun
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This was an important belief for me because my diet was the epitome of lousy eating habits that included bacon and eggs for breakfast, fast food for lunch, a big slab of meat for dinner, and snacks of all shapes and sizes throughout the day in copious amounts.—
Bryant Stamford,
The Courier-Journal,
14 Aug. 2025
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Attending everything without a strategy is the epitome of wasting your time.—
Colleen Batchelder,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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All five of the people involved were charged with crimes, but prosecutors pinned one person as mainly responsible: Kemper. Kemper, 29, pleaded guilty to conspiracy for grand theft and was sentenced to a maximum of 14 years in prison, with the possibility of parole after five.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Aug. 2025
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Drones will be limited to a maximum of 1,320 pounds including cargo.—
Ayesha Ali,
ABC News,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Ultimate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ultimate. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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