last resort
noun
: something done only if nothing else works
Asking for more time should be our last resort.
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California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is pursuing sweeping reforms for California's FAIR plan to stabilize the state's insurer of last resort.
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Both shows are a last resort when the natural methods have failed.
—Rich Juzwiak, Time, 25 June 2025
Surgery for scoliosis was a last resort, reserved for extreme cases, with outcomes that pale by today’s standards as surgeons grappled with understanding the spine’s complex three-dimensional nature all while developing the technology necessary to treat it.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
As a last resort, a new legal team that included a human rights attorney, Isat Buchanan, brought the matter to the U.K.’s Privy Council, which is the highest court of appeal in Jamaica and other Commonwealth nations.
—Natalie Meade, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Both shows are a last resort when the natural methods have failed.
—Rich Juzwiak, Time, 25 June 2025
Surgery for scoliosis was a last resort, reserved for extreme cases, with outcomes that pale by today’s standards as surgeons grappled with understanding the spine’s complex three-dimensional nature all while developing the technology necessary to treat it.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
As a last resort, a new legal team that included a human rights attorney, Isat Buchanan, brought the matter to the U.K.’s Privy Council, which is the highest court of appeal in Jamaica and other Commonwealth nations.
—Natalie Meade, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
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“Last resort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/last%20resort. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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