extremities

noun

plural of extremity
1
as in crises
a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action made offers of aid to the refugees, and of asylum in extremity

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2
as in heights
the most extreme or advanced point at its extremity the fever was actually life-threatening

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Recent Examples of extremities The Falcons announced that Daniels was conscious and has movement in all extremities. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 18 Oct. 2026 The driver then reversed, freeing the man, who suffered severe injuries to his lower extremities. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026 The man had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his extremities, including his arms and legs. — Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 Lanning said after the game that Moore had movement in all of his extremities while at the hospital. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026 Coach Dan Quinn said afterward that Chenal was at the hospital and had feeling in his extremities. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 According to police, the woman had serious injuries to her face, body and extremities. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026 Besides being kind to the planet, The Point II will be kind to your lower extremities, too. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2026 Points were awarded for eyes, nose, mouth, facial expression, hair, torso, extremities, and overall gracefulness. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extremities
  1. crises
  2. heights
  3. crossroads
  4. depths
  5. heads
  6. limits
Noun
  • French government bonds again sold off on growing concern that cascading political and fiscal crises would hammer the EU’s second-biggest economy and potentially ripple across the bloc.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The relationship between financial crises and imperial strategy preoccupied Marxist scholars for more than a century.
    — NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of crises
Noun
  • The performance of total transparency could reach comical heights.
    — Alex Barasch, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Construction also has already begun on a second pad, LC-36B, for an even larger version of New Glenn, and with it a new vertical integration facility that can handle the new rockets’ heights.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of heights
Noun
  • Related Stories The growing muscle that YouTube flexes as the video crossroads of the world was a near-constant subject of conversation.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Critics see a once-lively multiethnic crossroads suffocated by Chinese authoritarianism.
    — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of crossroads
Noun
  • These ancient systems are silent observers of history, capturing thousands of years’ worth of stories in depths of peat that patiently await discovery.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Searching for Wendy in the depths of the Sephora store, Stan watches his surroundings shift from slightly off, to off, to get-me-the-hell-out-of-here off.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of depths
Noun
  • His aunt, Leslee Frye, is a professor for psychology and is also one of the heads of the foundation.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Measuring 84 inches by 84 inches, the bright orange canvas responds to Leonardo da Vinci’s grotesque heads, a series of ink sketches made between the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of heads
Noun
  • Whether lawmakers accept those limits will help determine how much authority the federal government gains over advanced AI systems.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • France, unlike the United States, places strict limits on campaign spending, but money still shapes the broader political ecosystem.
    — Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of limits

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