as in extremely
to a great degree
a most careful driver, especially in bad weather
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as in almost
very close to but not completely
the cost of most everything is higher nowadays
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as in maximum
of the greatest or highest degree or quantity
the player with the most ability on the tennis team
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
Bass, 72, has largely campaigned on stability, experience and governance, arguing her administration has made measurable progress on some of the city’s most difficult challenges.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 29 May 2026
Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2026
Costa Rica’s Deep Sea Costa Rica’s biodiversity is the stuff of nature documentaries, but most travelers only ever see one slice of it at a time.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 23 May 2026
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Adverb
Sacramento Deltas The new pro baseball team could honor the capital region’s most distinctive geographical feature, the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
Bass, 72, has largely campaigned on stability, experience and governance, arguing her administration has made measurable progress on some of the city’s most difficult challenges.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 29 May 2026
Adjective
Hill should understand that distinction better than most.
—Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2026
Costa Rica’s Deep Sea Costa Rica’s biodiversity is the stuff of nature documentaries, but most travelers only ever see one slice of it at a time.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 23 May 2026
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Adverb
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The club had learned to accept that the 51-year-old is extremely demanding and ambitious, qualities that actually made working with him a challenge at times.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Donley says that all the evidence presented in court shows that storing this waste in close proximity to homes, schools, and waterways would be extremely harmful to the local population's health and the environment.—
Heath Kalb,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
Adverb
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The budget proposed by the mayor this spring prioritizes firefighting, law enforcement and infrastructure projects — requiring significant cuts almost everywhere else.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Fortified wines like sweet and dry vermouth, sherry, Marsala, Madeira, and port last almost indefinitely unopened.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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Urge him to keep those two buttons at the top undone for maximum visual impact.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
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Is the goal maximum sale value?—
Brian Duggan,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
Adverb
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To be sure, these were very different presidents.—
William Muck,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
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And Martha Stewart is just like me, for real—the most inexpensive product in her skin care routine is a $10 Mario Badescu body lotion, and on the very polar opposite end, the most expensive is a $2,695 laser device.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
23 May 2026
Adverb
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The White House has asked for nearly $2 billion in next year’s budget for R&D and advance procurement of the Defiant class.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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At its height nearly 20 years ago, India’s leader described the Maoists as the country’s biggest internal security threat, a blight on its status as the world’s largest democracy and its aspirations of becoming a global power.—
Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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So Amrik taught Rai to cherish his tools and treat them with the utmost care.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Because Lanzillo was working for a private private investigator firm retained by a law firm representing the Costa Mesa Police Officers’ Association, the case required the utmost competence and independence.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
17 May 2026
Adverb
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Made from 60 percent cotton, this top will feel incredibly soft against your skin.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
26 May 2026
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That’s an increase of 53 basis points in an incredibly short period of time.—
Jeff Lazerson,
Oc Register,
26 May 2026
Adverb
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This classic potato salad was practically made to be a church potluck staple.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
24 May 2026
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The symbol itself practically smiles at you.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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