Thesaurus results for LAST MINUTE

last minute

noun

Definition of last minute

as in crisis

the last possible time when something can be done You shouldn't wait until the last minute before planning your retirement. They were making changes to the show right up to the last minute.

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Noun

Beijing has issued many measures over the past several years to stabilize the property market; however, there is no end to the crisis in sight.

— Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
These capabilities are increasingly central to future crisis preparedness.

— Frances Townsend, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of crisis

Noun

That allows doctors to evaluate a person’s balance, mobility and lower extremity strength all at once.

— Devi Shastri, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
The Eagles announced shortly after that Jackson had strength and movement in all of his extremities and was being taken to a local hospital for further evaluation.

— Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of extremity

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Another, lesser possibility, is that some technical issue was discovered at the last minute with either the complex Chang’e 7 payload, or the rocket.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Aug. 2026
Titan, Saturn’s largest moon and the destination of NASA’s upcoming Dragonfly mission, is one intriguing possibility.

— Nolan Roth, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of possibility

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At the song’s climax came an explosion, multiple showers of sparks and a quick series of fireworks that torpedoed down from the rafters.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 18 Aug. 2026
Building to a poignant climax, writer-director Noah Segan’s elegant love letter to both New York and to bygone cinematic eras recalls both the 1970s, with its grungy urban antiheroes, and the 1990s, in its American indie ethos.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of climax

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Caterham and her family are marking her milestone birthday this year with a private celebration, according to Guinness World Records.

— Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
Only Jones and Alexander-Arnold have reached that 200-game milestone at Liverpool among their academy graduates since Gerrard.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

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