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

For Maslanka, their response meant more than simply surviving a medical crisis.

— Robbie Owens, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
Saturday’s attack comes as casualties surge in Yemen, where the years long conflict has dragged the country into a severe humanitarian crisis.

— Clarissa Ward, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of crisis

Noun

Law enforcement were asking people to avoid the area and allow emergency personnel to conduct their investigation safely.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Unreleased | Getty Images A spate of bomb threats against passenger flights has forced diversions, emergency landings and military escorts across European airspace this week, stoking fear among passengers and heaping pressure on airlines.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of emergency

Noun

Neither of the first two updates relieved concerns about whether Campbell had movement in his extremities, either.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
The sit-to-stand exercise is also widely regarded as a useful indicator of lower-extremity strength and fall risk in older adults.

— Kristen Gasnick, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of extremity

Noun

There was a possibility that kickoff would be moved after the Federal Aviation Administration grounded all flights nationwide.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Nov. 2026
Nvidia had no succession plan to prepare for the possibility of the departure of Huang, who was synonymous with Nvidia for more than 30 years in much the same way Steve Jobs embodied Apple.

— Kelvin Chan, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of possibility

Noun

The climax of this movie are two young people sitting on the edge of a bed, talking to each other, and sharing their their deepest pain.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2026
Its climax, the band’s one-off live concert at the iconic Sydney Opera House in June 2025, backed by a full symphony orchestra.

— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of climax

Noun

Hong ultimately lost the primary election to Crowley by less than a percentage point following Barnes’s withdrawal from the race at the eleventh hour.

— Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026
When Weber refused — saying the DOJ had refused to share its methodology and waited until the eleventh hour to act — the DOJ sued.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of eleventh hour

Noun

Its next milestone involves connecting two Nighthawk r3 processors in 2027.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
In 2024, the country received its first investment-grade credit rating from Moody’s, a milestone that strengthened that message.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of milestone

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