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Recent Examples of last word But Colbert’s platform, The Late Show, was canceled as a sacrifice to Trump, whose administration had the power to block the sale of CBS’ parent company, Paramount Global, to Skydance Media, so even his funniest bits now feel like last words. Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025 What were Johnny Cash’s last words? Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 12 Sep. 2025 The hard cut after Lorraine’s damning last words wasn’t always how the scene ended. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Aug. 2025 In 2020, her grandmother was battling Parkinson’s disease and her grandfather said his last words to her through her nursing home window. Sophie Levenson, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for last word
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Noun
  • These latests features are designed for enterprises who want to integrate their AI technology with either existing Salesforce data or even their own data.
    Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The latests deaths included three residents of long-term care facilities in Dallas, as well as a Balch Springs man in his 20s and a Dallas man in his 60s.
    Dana Branham, Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2020
Noun
  • But the trend right now is the opposite.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Many other Big Tech companies also slashed their headcounts around that time as the pandemic receded and consumer demand trends changed.
    Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Not wanting to miss out on the sport truck craze currently happening with the Detroit 3, Toyota has debuted the TRD Rally model of the Tundra.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The Labubu craze doesn’t seem to be dying down any time soon, as new, mainstream, and rare editions are all in high demand, and fans often look for clothing and event advent calendars to accompany their cute yet scary figurines.
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Carti’s idiosyncratic style helped birth a generation of rage rap artists, and his latest studio album, which spent three weeks atop the Billboard 200, could finally convince Grammy voters to give him his due.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2025
  • In Los Angeles, my hometown, protests rage as ICE raids intensify — yet we’re still questioned for existing between survival and success.
    Sofía Pereda, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The shutdown is the most acute symptom of a general lack of goodwill on Capitol Hill, where bipartisan deal-making has increasingly gone out of vogue.
    Steven T. Dennis, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Personality is in vogue, and in a big way.
    Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Despite the general enthusiasm around its private market ambitions, investors are keeping a close eye on expense growth, which determines how much of those higher fees trickle down to the bottom line.
    Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The Measured Future of AI For all the enthusiasm around generative AI, Brittan is careful to ground expectations.
    Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The other is about Chicago-style gangsters circa 1929.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The cute style has an elastic drawstring waistband that can be worn multiple ways.
    Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Last word.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/last%20word. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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