as in extreme
being very far from the center of public opinion espouses a kind of ultra conservatism that even some members of his own party cannot support

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Recent Examples of ultra The onetime Victoria’s Secret Angel and her real estate broker hubby have filed a lawsuit against Miami Beach’s ultra exclusive Fisher Island Club after getting booted out in January. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025 In an especially brutal quarter final, No. 5 Parris Todd (fresh off her Michelob ultra commercial spots) crushed No. 2 Lea Jansen 3,1 to get a statement win. Todd Boss, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2025 Get The Recipe 10 of 30 Pumpkin Banana Bread With both pumpkin puree and mashed banana in the batter, this quick bread is ultra moist and tender. Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025 Mythical Island comes with 86 new cards — 68 are numbered, standard rarity cards, 6 are illustration rare cards, 10 are special illustration rare cards, and there's one each of the ultra rare immersive and gold crown cards. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for ultra
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  • Whether the Ferriers are on foot or in a car, the director choreographs spectacular carnage around them, a visceral cocktail of alien death rays turning their victims to dust, or city infrastructure being demolished with extreme prejudice.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 June 2025
  • Performance impacts are a consideration too, including physiological and mental impacts for athletes competing in extreme heat or experiencing long breaks during play.
    Claire Poole, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
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  • Anyone who reads history knows the only reason any workers anywhere have any sort of rights is because past workers formed unions, and radical, militant ones at that.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
  • The administration’s radical and peremptory elimination of U.S. foreign assistance removed a lever of American influence and telegraphed a level of indifference that will not go unnoticed.
    KORI SCHAKE, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
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  • Amid the broader sociopolitical tensions and rising revolutionary fervor, the Group synthesized the concerns of a vast swathe of artists by interpreting the abstraction of Western modernism through aesthetics drawn from Islamic and Mesopotamian cultures into various styles.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • What was so revolutionary about the coverage happening at the time?
    Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
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  • Yes, Blackhawks fans have always been a rabid bunch — the Standbys Club being a perfect example.
    Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
  • The Pacers had taken several of the Thunder’s best runs and their rabid defensive pressure and inverted it.
    Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 14 June 2025

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“Ultra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ultra. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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