last resort
noun
: something done only if nothing else works
Asking for more time should be our last resort.
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Per state guidelines and Ohio Administrative Code, physical restraint must be used as a last resort and only when there is an immediate risk of physical harm to the student or others.
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Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
Some residents wanted to form the city in Mitchell Bend as a last resort to regulate noise and pollution from a cryptomining plant and nearby power plants.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2025
The grassroots optimism of that earlier social-media era is long gone, though, replaced by a sense of posting as a last resort.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2025
Employees should use those channels first and consider a public callout only as a genuine last resort.
—Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
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Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
Some residents wanted to form the city in Mitchell Bend as a last resort to regulate noise and pollution from a cryptomining plant and nearby power plants.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2025
The grassroots optimism of that earlier social-media era is long gone, though, replaced by a sense of posting as a last resort.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2025
Employees should use those channels first and consider a public callout only as a genuine last resort.
—Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for last resort
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“Last resort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/last%20resort. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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