every last

idiom

used as a more forceful way of saying every
He ate every last cookie.

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Team Canada’s captain had to be weighing every last element of that decision, and the finality of Sunday’s gold medal game against the United States had to have been a factor. Arpon Basu, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026 Last year, my wife and I took our kids to Disney World — a masterful business designed to extract your every last dollar, with a smile. Stuart Loren, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026 But Fleming leaps past other wry wordsmiths with his constant, unrelenting effort to wring every last drop of laughter out of every single premise. John Roy, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026 But this adjustable Oxo measuring cup will save you time that would otherwise be spent scraping every last bit of peanut butter from the measuring cup. Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for every last

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“Every last.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/every%20last. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.

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