adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
made the ultimate sacrifice
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Captain Oates made the ultimate sacrifice in a bid to save his colleagues.
sb’s ultimate fate (= what finally happens to someone )
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The ultimate fate of the refugees is in our hands.
sb’s ultimate goal (= what they eventually and most importantly hope to achieve )
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The ultimate goal is a freer, more democratic society.
the final/ultimate outcome
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The final outcome of the investigation is still to be announced.
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The ultimate outcome of this controversy remains in doubt.
the final/ultimate/crowning etc indignity
the ultimate luxury (= something you consider a very great luxury )
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A hot tub in your own back yard is the ultimate luxury.
the ultimate nightmare (= the worst possible situation )
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The ultimate nightmare for any parent is to suffer the loss of a child.
the ultimate/eventual/long-term aim (= that you hope to achieve in the end )
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The ultimate aim is to replace gasoline with non-polluting energy sources.
ultimate fighting
ultimate responsibility (= responsibility for making a final decision )
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The National Assembly will have ultimate responsibility for ensuring that health targets are met.
ultimate/highest/supreme etc accolade
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She received a Grammy Award, the highest accolade in the music business.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
accolade
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He probably accepts that the ultimate accolade for the county cricketer will now remain inaccessible.
aim
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He wanted to train as a chartered accountant with the ultimate aim of becoming a managing director.
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The ultimate aim is to replace gasoline altogether by using battery power or other non-polluting energy sources.
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The ultimate aim of the counselling process is to achieve significant improvement in the social and interpersonal relationships of the counsellee.
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The ultimate aim is to set up a centre every 50 kilometres.
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But better patient care is the ultimate aim .
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Great strides had been made, but the elimination of poverty, Johnson's ultimate aim , was far from complete.
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Her ultimate aim is television stardom.
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The ultimate aim of interviewers is to produce a well-completed schedule for every interview assigned to them.
authority
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There are some who argue that sovereignty or ultimate authority can be sliced up and shared around.
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But analytically, a political system could exist at any level, even one that does not have ultimate authority .
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Local defiance of central government policies and rejection of its ultimate authority overturned traditional conventions of central-local relations.
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President Nelson Mandela reportedly has ultimate authority over the remaining operational and research details of the program.
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In this case the identity of the ultimate authority remains assured.
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The very fact of multiple claims to ultimate authority has had the effect of undermining all of them.
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I am sure that the Minister will not be the ultimate authority on these matters.
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There is, in short, a conjunction of ultimate authority with ultimate responsibility.
control
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And so, too, does the ultimate control .
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In such ways the party retains ultimate control over appointments, transfers, promotions and discipline.
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But even there it is hard to be sure that there was no ultimate control from the temples.
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She had insisted on retaining ultimate control .
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A neutral presentation would expose the difference and show that the delegation of authority does not imply the forfeiture of ultimate control .
decision
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Alice looked at Kiki, Kiki at Alice, the ultimate decision blooming at long last.
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Mr. Patten I can confirm that the ultimate decision is ministerial.
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More applications will consequently get through to the ultimate decision makers.
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The ultimate decisions will be taken at governmental, even presidential, level.
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The ultimate decision concerning who to hire is made by consensus.
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The ultimate decision must be made by the Chief Constable himself.
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Although a bare majority in his cabinet seemed likely to back him, its ultimate decision could not be predicted early Wednesday.
destination
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All invoices also state the consignment's ultimate destination .
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One-way streets are utilized to move autos more smoothly and rapidly through the neighborhoods to their ultimate destination .
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Neither does it deny the ageing process, or the ultimate destination of life itself.
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Finally, he swims and runs to his ultimate destination .
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The cargo's ultimate destination had been printed neatly in black pen in the bottom left-hand corner of the page.
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The socialist road had to be adhered to, even though that itself was changing with the ultimate destination now uncertain.
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On the far side of the stream another valley led on up into the mountains toward Cobak, his ultimate destination .
expression
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Virtual reality is perhaps the ultimate expression of our human involvement in multimedia information.
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It was the ultimate expression of the rational, mechanical approach to giant company administration....
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Funakoshi regarded kata as the ultimate expression of his art.
fate
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This had serious implications for the ultimate fate of massive stars.
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The ultimate fate of most of this collision debris is to collide again with the satellite from which it was originally ejected.
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The ultimate fate of the Mohawks is even sadder.
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Its ultimate fate is unknown, although the speed suggests that it was traveling too slowly to escape from Earth.
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Still, their ultimate fate is revealing.
goal
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Thus, while each has the same ultimate goal , each chooses a different methodology to achieve it.
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Relief from physical distress is the first priority, but it is not the ultimate goal .
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One trains in the arts of war, yet the ultimate goal is peace.
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While never forgetting that ultimate goal , he constantly shifted tactics to suit changing circumstances.
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Making decisions Helping the counsellee to make decisions is the ultimate goal of the counselling process.
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In his inaugural address, Carter said his ultimate goal was the elimination of nuclear weapons from the earth.
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Elan refuses to say what its ultimate goal is in suing Mayo.
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Are we playing well enough to get to the ultimate goal ?
objective
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It is this personhood which is the Monster's ultimate objective .
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There was one significant qualification; emancipation was the ultimate objective .
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My ultimate objective is complete debt cancellation.
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The ultimate objectives of this strategy were of course no different from those of previous post-war governments.
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Then they should establish sets of year-by-year targets, the achievement of which will carry them forward towards their ultimate objectives .
outcome
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If there is any doubt about the ultimate outcome , the proceeding must be left on foot.
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The continuing, and heated, judicial debate on racial preference indicates that the ultimate outcome of this controversy remains in doubt.
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The tensions can't be avoided and the ultimate outcome can't be predicted.
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Work is designed so that it can best be completed by a group, with a group project being the ultimate outcome .
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The process of implementation had a large role in determining the ultimate outcomes .
power
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A majority in either House has the ultimate power to dominate proceedings.
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Shamanism is based on the premise that neither 227 human beings nor nature itself hold the ultimate power in the universe.
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He had the ultimate power to approve the appointment of generals, admirals and prime ministers.
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The ultimate power is a divine one.
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In order for there to be a democracy there must be a clearly defined source of ultimate power .
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As their grievances were not met, or even acknowledged by the ultimate power in the state -; the Tsar.
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It is the best and only basis for strengthening cooperation between the Twelve, while leaving ultimate power with national governments.
purpose
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What is important to emphasise is that war is the ultimate purpose for which Soviet society is organised.
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And, indeed, our ultimate purpose is to see the opportunities that emerge as this myth is dispelled.
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However, often an inflexible approach evolves and the ultimate purpose of the project is lost in paperwork.
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My ultimate purpose , here as elsewhere in this book, is to examine the feasibility of making space enterprises self-sufficient.
question
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But Stern has remained far clear of ever putting the ultimate question .
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The ultimate question , however, was what would happen to the steadily accumulating stockpiles of nuclear waste in the long term.
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But the ultimate question must be, what do the words of the text mean in our time.
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The ultimate question for the court is whether the absence of the covenant changes the contract in character from the original.
reality
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For Marx the material world is the ultimate reality .
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Such an analogy suggests that the ultimate reality is an impersonal entity rather than a personal being.
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He recognizes that every religion has within its depth a clue to the meaning of ultimate reality .
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Above all, it imposed norms of order and limitation to conceal the Dionysiac revelation of contradiction and excess as ultimate realities .
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An exquisite unreality catches the earth, or perhaps it is the ultimate reality .
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Was matter, or reason, the ultimate reality ?
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My rejection of death was less a denial than a postponement of the recognition of its ultimate reality .
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The question arises as to what he was describing - ultimate reality or the life of men?
responsibility
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I accept that the Secretary of State will have the ultimate responsibility because he will have to approve each sale.
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They may manipulate and grow rich off the rezonings, but the ultimate responsibility is ours.
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Conflicting official versions of the circumstances of the assassination fed doubts as to where ultimate responsibility lay.
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Teaching values to the young is always a tough job, and the ultimate responsibility falls on parents.
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However, it is the housewife's ultimate responsibility to see that all tasks get done properly.
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The ultimate responsibility for determining rewards falls back on those who receive them.
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There is, in short, a conjunction of ultimate authority with ultimate responsibility .
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It is parents who have the ultimate responsibility for making the education process work for their children.
sacrifice
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In that sense I suppose I am making the ultimate sacrifice .
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The ultimate sacrifice and the 100-meter backstroke.
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Also there, Captain Oates, the man who was to make the ultimate sacrifice in a bid to save his colleagues.
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This might appear to be the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of the colony, but all the bees in the colony are genetically related.
sanction
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Examples of the use of this ultimate sanction are few.
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The ultimate sanction may be for them to sack the person whom they regard as being mainly to blame.
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Only if its many controls fail will the ultimate sanction , i.e. revocation of the disposal licence, be invoked.
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War as the ultimate sanction was not a credible solution.
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The ultimate sanction is financial: an additional award of compensation.
source
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Authority, like power, has an ultimate source .
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Such an approach, though useful, is limited: it fails to recognize the ultimate source of the violence.
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As to the ultimate source of the fields, he is open to three propositions, each of them metaphysically grounded. 1.
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The dust therefore cuts off the ultimate source of the disturbance that raises more dust.
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The ultimate source , therefore, of the theories must lie in experiments and the need to interpret such experiments.
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Such massifs are the ultimate source of sandstones in the United Kingdom.
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In fact, the ultimate source of value in literature as in society was moral authority.
success
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The ultimate success of the Programme will depend on the widespread knowledge and understanding of the Council's procedures and philosophy.
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Finding the right message for Clinton was an essential element in his ultimate success .
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The ultimate success rate and rebleeding rate of these two endoscopists were comparable.
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Gore's people remain, for the record, very confident of their ultimate success .
test
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The ultimate test for a barrier, of course, is to get a local cyclist to try it out.
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This legacy has endured because the ultimate test in government is not performance, but reelection.
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I think that's the ultimate test of reflexes, and will.
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Love is the ultimate test of a good mentor.
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Of all the skills, riding was the ultimate test and the one the team viewed with the least enthusiasm.
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Democracy is going to meet its ultimate test when it has to confront the economic demands of the elderly.
truth
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Such vivid, metaphoric language epitomizes and illustrates the ultimate truths and values of the police world.
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Thus, for Melville, we see that the sea is symbolic of all ultimate truths of the world.
weapon
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Those who shared his belief in the ultimate weapon , Pentagon chiefs and Congressional hawks, put pressure on the President.
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The violence is only the exercise of an ultimate weapon available to men.
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The army, the Tsar's ultimate weapon , was commanded by noblemen.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the final/supreme/ultimate sacrifice
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Also there, Captain Oates, the man who was to make the ultimate sacrifice in a bid to save his colleagues.
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He evidently thought his life was so valuable that some one would surely save it even at the cost of the supreme sacrifice .
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In that sense I suppose I am making the ultimate sacrifice .
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These were people who showed courage, faith, and were an example to all by making the supreme sacrifice .
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This might appear to be the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of the colony, but all the bees in the colony are genetically related.
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We felt that it was a great tribute to us and all our many comrades who made the supreme sacrifice .
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You made the supreme sacrifice of your life for your work last night, so don't be shy about admitting it.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ultimate responsibility lies with the President.
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For many people, the Rolling Stones will always be the world's ultimate rock and roll band.
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Monroe was the ultimate Hollywood movie star.
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Our first class passengers enjoy the ultimate in luxury and service.
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The ultimate goal of the military was to restore the democratic government.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At no time can I remember ever being stopped from pursuing an objective which was of ultimate potential gain to the company.
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Even when their offences are of the ultimate gravity, some people are getting off far too lightly.
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Examples of the use of this ultimate sanction are few.
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Its precise origins remain obscure; its ultimate impact on society is necessarily still a matter of conjecture.
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Television is the ultimate fun-house mirror.
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The ultimate determinants of real investment, whether by foreign or domestic firms, remain a contentious issue in economic theory.
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The superb school is superb only by virtue of its success in developing its ultimate customer: the pupil.