as in make-or-break
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Adjective
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But when her family’s garment business receives a make-or-break order for 200 dresses, Ana is forced to juggle her own ambitions with her mother’s expectations.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
30 Apr. 2025 -
These businesses need banking relationships that will support them during their make-or-break years.—
Brock Blake,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The climactic scenes leading up to that needle drop are naturally interspersed with video that Jia shot on his iPhone.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
9 May 2025
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Answers come during a climactic showdown between Sara and Kynch.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
6 May 2025
Adjective
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These include India’s suspension of a crucial water-sharing treaty, the withdrawal of envoys, and visa restrictions.—
Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2025
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Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera said recreation centers and parks play a crucial role in the lives of many of his residents.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 May 2025
Adjective
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Adding to the confusion, their on-site contact Marita (Abuela Marita) has disappeared, possibly in connection with her apocalyptic Christian temple.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
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The Last of Us tells the story of two survivors (Ramsey and Pedro Pascal) many years after the onset of an apocalyptic plague.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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For this reader, roughly the same age as Sam Raymond, there is uncommon pleasure in the paradoxes of this climacteric tale.—
Claire Messud,
Harper's Magazine,
22 June 2021
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Macerating unripe climacteric fruit in sugar, however, isn’t a substitute for ripening them; that just takes time in your kitchen counter’s fruit basket.—
Bill St. John,
The Denver Post,
8 May 2017
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“Go-no-go.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/go-no-go. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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