last words

noun

plural of last word
as in rages
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 words Through a microphone, the journalists listened as Pike spoke what were meant to be her last words—about love—and sang with her Buddhist spiritual adviser. — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026 Smolensk, Russia, February 1837 and February 1860 Belatedly, John’s last words reached Adelaide. — Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026 Alan tells the players about the murder in plain sight and asks if any of the table-sitting players have any last words about the potential victims. — Alice Burton, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026 Kelly Clarkson said her last words on The Kelly Clarkson Show after seven seasons, amid a full hour of Kellyoke, her kids, and gratitude. — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026 Continue reading … ‘NEVER WAVERED’ — Pence reveals Graham's last words to him in a vivid airport encounter. — FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026 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, 28 June 2026 Death penalty states generally allow last statements from the execution chamber, but Texas catalogs the prisoners’ last words online, except for vulgar and racist language or what sounds unintelligible. — Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 20 May 2026 In fact, King Charles has even opened up about his father’s last words to him. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 17 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for last words
  1. rages
  2. trends
  3. crazes
  4. enthusiasms
  5. vogues
  6. styles
Noun
  • The more Vision rages, the calmer and more reasonable Ultron becomes.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Foster, a defense contractor who’s just lost his job, rages at the burdens of everyday life in America, and thinks the world is working against certain people.
    — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of rages
Noun
  • Luckily, some of the season’s best new trends and classic styles are on sale right now on Amazon.
    — Kate Donovan, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2026
  • While trends like these can shift perceptions of beauty and create new aesthetic anxieties, Payne argues that ferritin face also encourages consumers to approach beauty more holistically.
    — Amy Francombe, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of trends
Noun
  • Yet bubbles do not burst entirely of their own accord; investment crazes don’t wane because fundamentals suddenly change.
    — RUCHIR SHARMA, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Similar to fashion crazes like poodle skirts, many of the top baby names for girls in the 1950s have fallen out of style.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of crazes
Noun
  • Tyson offered up his thoughts and enthusiasms on this remarkable investigatory tool.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Two of Zohran Mamdani’s enthusiasms — better bus service and soccer — have, in the World Cup, found their moment of zingy cross-pollination.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 4 June 2026
Definition of enthusiasms
Noun
  • Downey vogues as the pair walks in the video, while Pascal sticks out his tongue and laughs.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026
  • There’s a brief moment in Timothée Chalamet’s video with comedian Druski where a performer comes in, vogues, and blows a kiss to the actor.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Definition of vogues
Noun
  • In a society that tends to measure success in terms of products becoming bigger and better each year, Picasso’s series of distinct and sometimes startlingly different styles remains the model of appropriate artistic development.
    — Michael Brenson, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2026
  • These two teams also play completely different styles of game.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of styles

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