How to Use ultimate in a Sentence
- Their ultimate fate has not yet been decided.
- Our ultimate aim is to increase production.
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In both work and life, her ultimate goal is growth.
—Lizzie Hyman, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
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But this is the ultimate team game.
—Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2025
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The ultimate price for that will be paid in bed sores and deaths.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
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The ultimate price for that will be paid in bed sores and deaths.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
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Spring is the ultimate bringer of change.
—Emily Leahy, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
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His step-in triple was one of the game’s ultimate weapons.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
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This is the ultimate fall wreath.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
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To me, that’s the ultimate growth.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 24 Feb. 2026
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The ultimate outcome of the proxy fight is still up in the air.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 Apr. 2024
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A little death to save one from the ultimate one.
—Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
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And the senior guard looked at it as the ultimate must-win.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
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The ultimate measure of this class won’t be known for some time.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
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And that is the ultimate goal, because there's just no need for it.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
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Soup Soup is the ultimate big-batch, make-ahead dish.
—Riley Wofford, Martha Stewart, 14 May 2026
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The ultimate choice was to do it this season.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026
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That will boost free cash flow, which is the ultimate driver of the share price.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
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The ultimate result seemed to pass the fans’ test.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
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But Lurie’s words hold ultimate weight.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
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Cars were, and still are, the ultimate freedom.
—Chelsea Haney october 25, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
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But the ultimate answer lies at home.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2026
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Fruit trees are the ultimate backyard gem.
—Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 17 May 2026
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Reese has a chance to be the ultimate chess piece on defense at the next level.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Being able to have her pets would be the ultimate prize of her own apartment.
—Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2023
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Turn a block of cream cheese into the ultimate party app—a cheese ball.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 24 Feb. 2026
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Neon has put forth the ultimate challenge.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
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Make at least a day ahead for the ultimate flavor and texture.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 28 June 2026
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This might be the ultimate Halloween craft idea for kids.
—Ellen Sturm Niz, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025
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Turns out my kids are the ultimate bedding testers and steal all my favorite pieces.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2026
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This book, this whole thing, has been the ultimate of my art.
—Liz Smith, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2024
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His ultimate is jumping in the air and dropping bombs on people.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
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There were fight-altering ultimates and others that left a lot to be desired.
—Sean Collins, Dallas News, 11 May 2020
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Mira Chai Hyde has a client roster that reads like the ultimate who’s who.
—Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 2 Mar. 2025
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And his auto-target ultimate is more or less and automatic triple kill or more due to its sheer damage output.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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Combined with attack speed buffs and well, close to unlimited ultimates in sequence.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Both players charged their ultimates at roughly the same rate, but the value heavily favored Super.
—Sean Collins, Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2020
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The song ultimate got five nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 15 Jan. 2025
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Certain hairstyles are forever defined by their primary source—and Princess Leia hair is among the ultimate of examples.
—Mackenzie Wagoner, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2023
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For Lenox, the ultimate of aesthetic and career goals is to keep producing and arranging for other artists while making his own solo records, pop and beyond.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 10 May 2023
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Should the Gophers collect others while pursuing their ultimate of the national championship, that's gravy.
—Randy Johnson, Star Tribune, 4 Mar. 2021
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The Gladiators made a mistake, and Fearless used his ultimate to take the Gladiators’ support players out of the fight.
—Sean Collins, Dallas News, 9 June 2021
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Heroes have defensive and offensive capabilities, as well as a powerful ultimate.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
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His contrast between the two ultimates of Timon’s emotional pendulum is marvelously rich and instructive.
—James Hebert, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2019
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While some supports can do things like give bonus health or shields or revives, Ultron here is essentially entirely focused on heals with essentially no damage boosts or skills of any kind outside of his ultimate, which seems a little odd.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Loro Piana was a master class experience in the ultimate of Italian refinement and materiality.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 2 Mar. 2025
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Enjoy twin- or double-bedded Superior Cabins, or go for the ultimate with a gigantic Han Dynasty Suite.
—Eleanor Flagler Hardy, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
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As this ultimate of skin-tightening procedures — and the patient demographic getting them — evolves, Allure is exploring the phenomenon of the modern facelift in our new series, Want a Lift?
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 17 Apr. 2024
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As this ultimate of skin-tightening procedures — and the patient demographic getting them — evolves, Allure is exploring the phenomenon of the modern facelift in our new series, Want a Lift?
—Patricia Tortolani, Allure, 29 Jan. 2026
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Newsom ultimate vetoed a more restrictive piece of AI chatbot legislation that was supported by some online safety advocates, including the parents of Orange County teen Adam Raine, who died by suicide after using AI for companionship.
—Kate Wolffe october 23, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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