as in absolute
having no exceptions or restrictions
demanded an unconditional surrender
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Recent Examples of unconditional
Resilience, unconditional love, and the quiet strength in simply being present.
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EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
That conflict finished with Adolf Hitler killing himself in a bunker and the United States dropping two nuclear bombs on Japan, leading to the axis powers' unconditional surrender.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025
OpenResearch tested the theory in its ongoing study of unconditional cash transfers, which looks at how people respond to getting regular payments, with one group receiving $1,000 a month for three years and a control group getting $50 a month.
—Gina Chua, semafor.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Osborn sided with the remaining two factions, demanding immediate and unconditional emancipation and boycotting products from places that used slave labor.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
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EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
That conflict finished with Adolf Hitler killing himself in a bunker and the United States dropping two nuclear bombs on Japan, leading to the axis powers' unconditional surrender.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025
OpenResearch tested the theory in its ongoing study of unconditional cash transfers, which looks at how people respond to getting regular payments, with one group receiving $1,000 a month for three years and a control group getting $50 a month.
—Gina Chua, semafor.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Osborn sided with the remaining two factions, demanding immediate and unconditional emancipation and boycotting products from places that used slave labor.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconditional
Adjective
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Open spaces, huge rooms, and an absolute lack of privacy are all the rage.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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After a review, the ACIP decided to focus first on getting the vaccine to people at the absolute highest risk, people 65 and up, a recommendation ultimately accepted by the CDC.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Cane Corsos, an ancient Italian mastiff breed, are renowned for their sheer size and protective instincts.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Film studios have long struggled to make adaptations of video games that please critics and audiences, and some critics have suggested video games are tough to adapt because the sheer volume of gaming content has to be condensed to fit the length of a movie.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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For Bear, the new arrangement is great about 99 percent of the time… the only drawback is that Nikki occasionally snaps back into her old self and screams in utter terror for a few seconds, before resuming the love-bombing.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
6 Sep. 2025
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Twenty-four years later, the shape of this new work of fiction highlights both the insufficiency of memory, of story, and their utter necessity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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Slickers County Ice Cream No trip to Prince Edward County is complete without a stop at this beloved small-batch ice cream shop.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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At that point, a new Border War chapter was all but complete, and this one came with huge moments, plot twists, momentum swings, the works.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Gerald Genta Minute Repeater A pure minute repeater – without other high watchmaking functions as part of a grand-complication package – is a rare thing.—
Carol Besler,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Invisible pollutants unleashed To simulate real-world conditions, the researchers placed unused masks in beakers of ultra-pure water and left them at room temperature for 24 hours.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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With just a few chairs, a handful of tables and a simple tent, the setting was intimate but filled with love and intention.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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And one of these, for those of us accustomed to British conventions but who follow the game in continental Europe, is the simple passage of time.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In regions where the total lunar eclipse is visible, totality will last 82 minutes, though the entire eclipse stretches over about five hours.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Royals had scored nine total runs against him.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The hurricane center has warned residents there to keep an eye on the system and will issue watches and warnings if its path looks more definite.—
Alex Harris
Updated September 4,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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That said, there is some definite room for growth.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Unconditional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconditional. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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