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adverb (2)

most

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noun

as in best
the greatest amount, number, or part this room will accommodate 50 people at the most

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Recent Examples of most
Adverb
The inaugural edition of Vanity Fair’s Screening Room pairs this year’s most compelling films with a slate of programming that includes post-screening panels and conversations with actors and filmmakers. — Kara Warner, Vanity Fair, 14 Nov. 2026 Ask what matters most to them before explaining your position again. — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2026
Adjective
After staging elections dismissed by most of the world as a sham in occupied parts of the Donbas region, Putin declared in September 2022 that four regions of eastern Ukraine had also been annexed by Russia. — CBS News, 15 Nov. 2026 For most of modern history, land has been treated as a static asset. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 15 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for most
Recent Examples of Synonyms for most
Adverb
  • How Cube Steak Is Used and Cooked Cube steak is extremely versatile.
    — Natalia Vela, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2026
  • California has gotten extremely soft on accountability with youth.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • His 3-point win that year kept the seat, held by Richard Burr for almost two decades, in Republican hands.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Billy Joel will tickle the ivories in public again for the first time in almost two years next month.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • The company has not yet published AIR’s overall dimensions, weight, reach, battery capacity, or maximum payload.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Lobbyists are still limited to a maximum $5 gift to lawmakers.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • In the mid-1970s, the building housing the Westin opened as the very first Holiday Inn resort in the Caribbean, with Buoy Haus’s beachfront location opening as a low-rise motor inn shortly after.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026
  • After multiple attempts to press forward, the message of the direction of the school was received very clearly.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • The firm brings nearly two decades of combined experience at leading financial institutions with expertise in investments, development, and cross-border execution.
    — William Jones, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The nearly 1,000-foot-long vessel, once the fastest ocean liner in the world, will now rest on the seabed and provide a new habitat for marine life.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • According to a blurb on the shop’s website by Saul and Stanley Zabar, quality was of the utmost importance to its founders.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Trump has made election integrity of utmost importance during his second term.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 3 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • Fortunately for the script, other British and Hessian reënactors had arrived via freeway and the incredibly vast Orchard Beach parking lot.
    — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Humanity is both incredibly advanced and evolved and deeply stunted.
    — Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • In the present decade, net inflows of financial capital into the United States have been positive for practically every quarter.
    — Gordon Liao, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Data centers are practically money-printing machines for local and state governments.
    — Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 11 Nov. 2026

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