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last minute

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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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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

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In the five years since the chaotic US withdrawal from Kabul and the Taliban’s return to power, Afghanistan has become home to one of the world’s worst human rights and humanitarian emergencies.

— Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
He was brought to a hospital emergency department in a Paris suburb where he was diagnosed with dementia — and with anemia caused by a longstanding loss of blood.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of emergency

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Those include numbness and tingling around the mouth and fingertips, trouble walking, talking or swallowing, sometimes weakness in the upper or lower extremity, balance issues or struggles with episodic memory.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
According to New Castle County Paramedics, the 6-year-old was treated for extremity and head injuries.

— Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of extremity

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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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