last minute

noun

Definition of last minutenext
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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  1. crisis
  2. emergency
  3. extremity
  4. possibility
  5. climax
  6. eleventh hour
  7. milestone
  8. zero hour
Noun
  • Bass said that the Lineage crisis is an environmental justice issue and highlights the health risks communities of color are disproportionately exposed to.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • Singleton’s leadership was tested during the 2008 financial crisis and Great Recession, and again during the COVID pandemic.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026
Definition of crisis
Noun
  • Some two dozen nations have sent some 3,000 emergency personnel to Venezuela.
    — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • City officials credited drone technology, lifeguards and emergency management teams with helping monitor shark activity and quickly alert swimmers.
    — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of emergency
Noun
  • Short sessions may help with lower-extremity swelling in healthy people, and MD Anderson Cancer Center has pointed to low-intensity vibration as potentially helpful for cancer patients maintaining bone and muscle health.
    — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
  • Short sessions may help with lower-extremity swelling in otherwise healthy people, and MD Anderson Cancer Center has pointed to low-intensity vibration as potentially useful for cancer patients maintaining bone and muscle health.
    — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026
Definition of extremity
Noun
  • The possibility of disruptions to oil flows via the Strait of Hormuz, however, might not entirely be discounted, which could complicate energy supply calculus.
    — Justina Lee, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • Efraín Juárez, then the coach of Pumas, was asked about the possibility of his team ending a long title drought.
    — Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of possibility
Noun
  • Then, as the frenzied funeral events reached their climax, US bombs and missiles struck across the country in retaliation at Iranian strikes on civilian shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
  • Such frustration is understandable, given the collective hopes for a spectacular sporting climax were dashed.
    — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of climax
Noun
  • Honda was planning on building its new Zero Series family of EVs in Ohio before pulling the plug on the program at the eleventh hour.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 24 June 2026
  • And the work starts now, not at the eleventh hour.
    — Louis Mosca, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of eleventh hour
Noun
  • The Star-Telegram service team covered a range of stories last week, from filming updates on major TV productions to weather milestones and changes on the local bar scene.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2026
  • From a century-old City Hall closing for repairs to a downtown bridge project well behind schedule, several major South Florida development projects are hitting key milestones this year.
    — Jessica Lipscomb, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026
Definition of milestone
Noun
  • Nevertheless, this is an improvement on the zero hours that (many) men were doing 50 years ago.
    — Meg Walters, Glamour, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The King video marked the zero hour for new forms of activism using cameras.
    — Will Potter July 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
Definition of zero hour
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