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
  • My personal concern is especially based on the fact that their huge need for additional electricity generation could very well ruin our ability to reduce carbon emissions and avoid a climate crisis.
    — Martin Kushler, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Toxic haze and smoke have caused a health crisis in neighboring countries.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of crisis
Noun
  • The governor’s office said the state was securing its harbors, deploying emergency personnel to strategic locations and monitoring dams for any possible breaches or overflows.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Beatty then filed an emergency motion, claiming the actions still cross a line.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of emergency
Noun
  • Besides being kind to the planet, The Point II will be kind to your lower extremities, too.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Points were awarded for eyes, nose, mouth, facial expression, hair, torso, extremities, and overall gracefulness.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of extremity
Noun
  • Boone did not rule out that possibility when asked before Sunday’s game.
    — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Teflon Rudy After staring down the possibility of federal prison time and financial ruin, Giuliani has appeared to make it out for the most part unscathed.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of possibility
Noun
  • At this point occurs the climax of the tale, Ichabod’s encounter with the headless horseman, whom the reader assumes is Brom Bones playing a mischievous trick on him.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Regardless of whether players and fans believe the series features one Link or multiple Links across the convoluted timeline posited in the Hyrule Historia, each of these games ends at a moment of frustrated erotic climax.
    — Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of climax
Noun
  • Why the eleventh hour came with an extra second, killing time proved impossible, and time fails to fly in Ann Arbor.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Fox arrived on the production at the eleventh hour after the production’s original Romeo, Richard Madden, and then his understudy were indisposed.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of eleventh hour
Noun
  • Give the group one concrete milestone and a way to check progress.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2026
  • The 25th anniversary of the terrorist attack has brought a new wave of commemoration, with planners scaling up events to make the milestone more impactful.
    — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 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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