as in extremely
to a great degree a most careful driver, especially in bad weather
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as in almost
very close to but not completely the cost of most everything is higher nowadays
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as in maximum
of the greatest or highest degree or quantity the player with the most ability on the tennis team
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026 Griner was also the Dream’s most experienced player, but she was surrounded by other veterans and had just two rookies on the roster, so leading the Sun’s overwhelmingly young group will be a new challenge. —Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026
Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026 For most of the season, Hannah and Owen have suspected that Quinn, who runs a financial firm stateside, is the real brains to the Campano organization, not Teddy. —Max Gao, Variety, 11 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for most
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For years, millennials were the housing market’s most sympathetic losers—priced out, rate-locked, and perpetually waiting for their moment. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026 Griner was also the Dream’s most experienced player, but she was surrounded by other veterans and had just two rookies on the roster, so leading the Sun’s overwhelmingly young group will be a new challenge. —Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026
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The crop can be harvested at anytime, but most gardeners leave bulbs in the ground until the tops decline and flop over. —Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026 For most of the season, Hannah and Owen have suspected that Quinn, who runs a financial firm stateside, is the real brains to the Campano organization, not Teddy. —Max Gao, Variety, 11 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for most
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Nowhere has the flipping of the form books been more striking than in La Liga, where two weekends ago — for only the third time in history — each of the bottom five teams picked up maximum points.— Thom Harris, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
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Consider this for date night or your next wedding, keeping accessories to a minimum for maximum impact.— Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2026
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Austria 's health minister told parents, kindergartens and day care centers to use utmost caution when feeding young children HiPP.— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
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Austria’s health minister told parents, kindergartens and day care centers to use utmost caution when feeding young children HiPP.— Karel Janicek, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
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That is my ultimate, crazy, wild vehicle.— Morgan Korn, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Peter Routsis-Arroyo, CEO of Miami Catholic Charities, said the ultimate victims are the children.— Abby Dodge, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
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