adjective
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most
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The legal system currently punishes the most egregious forms of child abuse and neglect, but such crimes are difficult to prove.
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Nis, a traditional Socialist stronghold, had been site of the most egregious election-day fraud.
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But the most egregious sin on the bases by the Mets was in the sixth by Timo Perez with two out.
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The situation at Zefco was one of the most egregious examples of discrimination we have seen.
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At last, to my right, the hand of an egregious front-row person rose.
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It was an egregious breach of protocol.
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The legal system currently punishes the most egregious forms of child abuse and neglect, but such crimes are difficult to prove.
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The outcome of childbearing by both teenagers and older women can be egregious .
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This egregious nonsequitur requires further clarification, if only for your myriad younger readers.
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Why should people who do something truly egregious be protected by an arbitrary limit on their punishment?