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Recent Examples of inmostIn that long process of observation and recordkeeping, something else happened too: Eclipses helped compel humans to both develop and reveal our inmost capacity for a new and precise kind of reasoning that could be applied to the world.—Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2024 Wallace slowly unravels the fascinating — and ultimately tragic — story of a man who, though very close to Wallace, somehow kept his inmost self hidden in plain sight.—Joan Frank, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023 In the whole inmost ward of my self, the beds are occupied by slow-moving remembrances like time-lapse flower novels.—Reginald Gibbons, New York Times, 24 June 2021 By Peshat, Remez, Drash, and finally by Sód—with that secret and inmost heart that looks at what the world can bear and be.—Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 13 Feb. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inmost
innermost
Adjective
The moon's path during a total lunar eclipse The Earth's shadow will cover the entire moon's surface at the center of the umbra, the deepest, innermost part of the shadow.
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Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
The film’s non-judgmental narration — read by Jacek Zubiel — comments on the characters’ innermost thoughts along the way, adding to the general patina of narcissism without pointing fingers or placing blame.
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