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as in farthest
most distant from a center
spacecraft that is specially designed to explore the extreme edge of our solar system
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as in radical
being very far from the center of public opinion
their extreme political views attracted only a small band of followers
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as in excessive
going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount
in their extreme zeal the members of the cult are willing to do whatever their leader dictates
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as in extremity
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Recent Examples of extreme
Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 14 Sep. 2025
Lankford said social media algorithms push people to the extreme.
—Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
George Washington reportedly lamented that Virginia's first congressional districts were skewed against the Federalists, and the practice has grown far more extreme in recent decades.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
While the Mariners were spraying balls all over the field, the Angels took their typical offensive pattern to an extreme.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 14 Sep. 2025
Lankford said social media algorithms push people to the extreme.
—Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
This zoomed out weekly chart shows that the two prior bullish breakouts had extreme follow-through—Bitcoin advanced over 130% in late 2023 and another 50% in 2024 AFTER breaking out.
—Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
George Washington reportedly lamented that Virginia's first congressional districts were skewed against the Federalists, and the practice has grown far more extreme in recent decades.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extreme
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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At its farthest, the capsule was more than 268,000 miles from Earth.—
Marcia Dunn,
The Christian Science Monitor,
12 Dec. 2022
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The undersung feminist folkie was a radical presence on the movement circuits of the 1970s.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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Prince explained that this system, which itself represented a radical departure from traditional print media business models, is now collapsing.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That could drastically reduce risks of skin cancer, cataracts, and ecosystem damage that are typically caused by excessive ultraviolet radiation exposure.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Sep. 2025
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Given recent government scrutiny on excessive competition, big subsidies for delivery services are more of a concern than spending heavily on tech investments, BDA’s Clark noted.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
20 Sep. 2025
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Based on her history of heterosexual extremity, I was concerned, but glad to be proven wrong.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
18 Sep. 2025
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Perhaps the importance of the Ali-Frazier match derives from the extremity of those blood-sport contradictions.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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Yet what distinguishes Bowles’s work—what animates those strange, angular sentences, with their unexpected rhythms and turns of phrase and rabid energy—isn’t its interest in nonconformity but its obsession with spiritual transformation.—
Nicole Flattery,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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In the United States, where rabid dogs are far less common due to effective rabies prevention programs, contact with infected bats is the leading cause of human rabies deaths.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
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Then recently playing Forest Hills Stadium in New York was just insane to me.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
19 Sep. 2025
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Even after an insane freshman year, they’re not used to coming up with plans on their own.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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According to Dongfang, the behemoth structure will be able to power 55,000 households at peak output and its central hub will stand 606 feet high—roughly twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Explore Fall, a website that provides resources and tools to track the changing colors of leaves, is predicting an earlier and quicker fall foliage peak for the millions of people looking to see this year's natural spectacle.—
Kyle Reiman,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
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Viewers will be treated to a breathtaking sight as the sun rises over New Zealand's eastern horizon with its left side partially eclipsed, along with a striking view of the eclipse maximum, when over 70% of the solar disk will be hidden by the silhouette of Earth's moon.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The line only remains open for a maximum of five years.—
Kelsey Neubauer,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Extreme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extreme. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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