How to Use the last/final word in a Sentence

the last/final word

noun

• At the end of the day, the last word should be the truth.
  — D. Smith, Variety, 7 Aug. 2023
• Kingston said the hope in Japan was that this was not the last word on the deal.
  — Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2024
• The paper by Seifert and co is by no means the last word.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
• But the Red Flash got the last word and won it on Kelly’s jumper.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2025
• Despite the pushback from the FCC, Musk may get the last word.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 2 Oct. 2024
• Hochul had the last word, and quickly derailed the idea.
  — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2024
• But the union's loss at Amazon in 2021 was not the final word.
  — Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 6 May 2024
• The study is unlikely to be the last word on the fate of the West Antarctic ice shelves.
  — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2023
• Julianne Hough isn’t letting the haters have the last word.
  — Brie Stimson, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2024
• Mporokoso had a feeling that Cobb’s go-ahead play would not be the last word.
  — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
• But the assessor’s work is far from the last word on the matter.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
• As if that were the last word on the subject, Cranston did a bit: making to get up and walk out of the room.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2023
• MacLaine won—and got the last word in her victory speech.
  — Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 12 Nov. 2023
• Now, close to a decade later, fans think Bey is getting the last word.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 19 Mar. 2024
• State supreme courts have the final word on questions of state law.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 23 Oct. 2024
• That was the last word on the standard version of the problem for nearly 40 years.
  — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
• Also, this is not the last word: The Fifth Circuit can still rule on the Texas lawsuit soon.
  — The Editors, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
• As the last word left his mouth, the woman plummeted to the ground, striking the concrete base of the fence.
  — Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
• And what of the last word De Gaulle used of Paris: liberated?
  — John Leicester, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Nov. 2022
• The high court could agree to hear the case, or let the lower court's ruling stand as the final word on the issue.
  — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 29 Feb. 2024
• The Coast Guard regarded her as the last word in small-boat rescue work.
  — Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
• None of this is likely to be the last word on the minimum wage issue.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
• The decision to end the film with Rowan having the last word is a powerful one.
  — Katherine Singh, refinery29.com, 1 Aug. 2022
• In the play, an ambitious Michelin-star chef is used to having the last word.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 May 2024
• There will be a closing statement, with Vance getting the last word.
  — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
• While a legal blow, the Supreme Court’s decision should not—and need not—be the final word.
  — Olatunde Johnson, Time, 29 June 2023
• The new paper is unlikely to be the final word on what killed the dinosaurs.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
• While Kimberly laughed at the exchange, Jenny tried to have the last word.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2023
• That means treating your first product as a starting point, not the final word.
  — Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
• Regarding this exchange the last word has been spoken….
  — Jorie Graham, The New York Review of Books, 3 Apr. 2025