as in latest
a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time
a swimsuit that is the last word in sportswear this season
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Recent Examples of last word
Smith, 75 and sentenced to die for a triple murder in Nashville in 1989, spoke his last words from a gurney inside Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville at 10:32 a.m.
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Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 22 May 2025
Your last words are so powerful, and they’re also cut off, which is unique and leaves interpretation for the audience.
—William Earl, Variety, 3 July 2025
The bar menu will offer a variety of classic cocktails, including an old fashioned, a margarita, a paper plane, a last word, a house clean martini, a dirty martini, and the beloved Trouble Bar recipe espresso martini.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Mays’ last words spoken on camera were to a local TV station, MyFox Tampa Bay, after his flight made a rough landing at Tampa International Airport.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 June 2025
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Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 22 May 2025
Your last words are so powerful, and they’re also cut off, which is unique and leaves interpretation for the audience.
—William Earl, Variety, 3 July 2025
The bar menu will offer a variety of classic cocktails, including an old fashioned, a margarita, a paper plane, a last word, a house clean martini, a dirty martini, and the beloved Trouble Bar recipe espresso martini.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Mays’ last words spoken on camera were to a local TV station, MyFox Tampa Bay, after his flight made a rough landing at Tampa International Airport.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for last word
Noun
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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
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That equates to more than 45 million Americans using CBD products, based on latest available U.S. Census estimates.—
Brendan Bures,
chicagotribune.com,
2 Oct. 2019
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Consolidation has been another trend, with some fretting over Amazon merging Wondery into Audible and cutting staff.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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The violent scene the world watched in those videos bears little resemblance to the violence Cincinnati police officers most often encounter on patrol, and the rhetoric on social media about soaring crime rates and rampaging mobs doesn’t reflect short- or long-term trends in the city’s crime data.—
Dan Horn,
The Enquirer,
14 Aug. 2025
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Searches for boho braids have climbed over 5,000% on Google in the past month alone—and Mensah has seen the craze reflected in the growing waiting list in her salon too.—
Hannah Coates,
Vogue,
2 Aug. 2025
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The shoes were usually worn by fathers or middle-aged men, but were then adopted by street style influencers, propelling the dad shoe into a hot fashion trend, with Nike, New Balance, Asics and more footwear companies leaning into the dad shoe craze.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
28 July 2025
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The Rainmaker is a taut thriller driven by relentless cynicism toward the state of the legal profession and simmering rage at the state of the health insurance industry.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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As protests rage at home, Iran's theocratic government is increasingly flexing its military muscle abroad.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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The Facelift Gets a Facelift: Hollywood’s Favorite Procedure is Back Good old-fashioned skin stretching is once more in vogue — and costs up to six figures.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
30 July 2025
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Cursive has been out of vogue for 15 years, after schools began adopting a Common Core curriculum, which de-emphasized the writing style.—
Chris Morris,
Fortune,
26 June 2025
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Institutional enthusiasm for digital assets is rising, and the U.S. regulatory climate has grown friendlier, even as the economics of mining face more pressure from bitcoin’s quadrennial halving.—
Becca Bratcher,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Time will tell whether ASI’s enthusiasm was ultimately strategic or premature.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
15 Aug. 2025
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Shane Devon Tamura, 27, stormed into 345 Park Avenue on July 28 armed with an AR-15 style rifle, and carried out the city’s deadliest mass shooting in 25 years.—
Amanda Jackson,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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O’Sullivan’s work follows countless other books on Swift’s business moves, songwriting, style choices and everything else in between.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Last word.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/last%20word. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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