1
as in farthest
most distant from a center
supreme power that extended to the utmost points of the empire
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2
as in maximum
of the greatest or highest degree or quantity
she is a successful leader who deserves the utmost respect
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Recent Examples of utmost
Chandler Rome, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Financial Institutions Should Be Responsible: Financial institutions and trading platforms bear the utmost responsibility.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Emily Langer, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
But having done his utmost to kill the two-state solution for most of the past decade, Netanyahu now waits, shovel in hand, to bury it.
—Aaron David Miller, Foreign Affairs, 30 June 2020
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Adjective
Preserving a 34-year-old Altuve is of utmost importance, too, putting him ahead of Dezenzo in the DH pecking order.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Financial Institutions Should Be Responsible: Financial institutions and trading platforms bear the utmost responsibility.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
Knowing that every letter was precious, the women of the Six Triple Eight did their utmost to identify recipients, processing up to 195,000 pieces of mail per day.
—Emily Langer, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
But having done his utmost to kill the two-state solution for most of the past decade, Netanyahu now waits, shovel in hand, to bury it.
—Aaron David Miller, Foreign Affairs, 30 June 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for utmost
Adjective
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That's close to the farthest point in its orbit, which is 252,088 miles away, according to NASA.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
12 Jan. 2023
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Shortly before entering that orbit, NASA says Orion will travel 57, 287 miles beyond the moon at its farthest point from the lunar surface.—
Lee Roop | lroop@al.com,
al,
23 Nov. 2022
Adjective
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The commercial weather forecasting service says a storm is expected to move across the eastern half of North America during the peak shower activity, spreading clouds across most of the East Coast.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Even so, the practice of choosing a papal name remained inconsistent for the next 1,000 years, with most popes using their baptismal names.—
Christopher Watson,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Let the solution sit for a maximum of 20 minutes before scrubbing the bowl with a nylon brush or your toilet brush.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
25 Apr. 2025
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Read could face a maximum of life in prison if convicted of the top charge, second-degree murder.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The Bishop of Rome, in addition to leading more than a billion Catholics around the world, is also the ultimate custodian of the world’s greatest art collection.—
Jason Farago,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Before long, screen time becomes the ultimate currency in parenting.—
Hannah Nwoko,
Parents,
25 Apr. 2025
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The weekend opening for the film bests the previous record holder, The Prince of Egypt, which earned $14.5 million in its first three-day frame.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Kidz Bop Kids additionally earned 101 entries, including 42 top 10s, on the Kid Digital Song Sales chart, both bests in the list’s history.—
Gary Trust,
Billboard,
2 Apr. 2025
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They’re limited to EVs that meet domestic content and assembly restrictions and transaction prices ($55,000 max for passenger cars and $80,000 for trucks and SUVs), and are subject to household salary thresholds.—
Jim Gorzelany,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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They’re limited to EVs that meet domestic content and assembly restrictions and transaction prices ($55,000 max for passenger cars and $80,000 for trucks and SUVs), and are subject to household salary thresholds.—
Jim Gorzelany,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Utmost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/utmost. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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