the ultimate in
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: the greatest or most extreme form or example of (something)
This car is the ultimate in safety.
They provide their customers with the ultimate in service.
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AFAR Media, 25 Oct. 2025
This is the ultimate in living room furniture for its ability to seat up to seven guests comfortably at once—and on a curve no less.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
These cars were a status symbol writ excellence: made for people who desired the ultimate in luxury, but didn’t need (or want) to have to tote around a family in their daily driver.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2025
Halloween is the perfect opportunity for your Taurus kid to play royalty with a crown or tiara, or channel the ultimate in sumptuous characters: Miss Piggy!
—Ella Cerón, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
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AFAR Media, 25 Oct. 2025
This is the ultimate in living room furniture for its ability to seat up to seven guests comfortably at once—and on a curve no less.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
These cars were a status symbol writ excellence: made for people who desired the ultimate in luxury, but didn’t need (or want) to have to tote around a family in their daily driver.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2025
Halloween is the perfect opportunity for your Taurus kid to play royalty with a crown or tiara, or channel the ultimate in sumptuous characters: Miss Piggy!
—Ella Cerón, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
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“The ultimate in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20ultimate%20in. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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