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[ adjective ] in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style
Synonyms Examples "wears only the latest style" "the last thing in swimwear" "knows the newest dances" "up-to-date technology" Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)He milks the latest scientific advances , translating them into his own special Buck_Rogers vocabulary to huckster his fake machines as a cure-all for everything from hay_fever to sexual impotence and cancer . (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)It is merely the latest example of the leapfrog growth which formed the pattern of virtually all American cities . (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)By odd coincidence , on the evening of her return Shelley chose to read Parisina , which was the latest of the titled poet 's successes . (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)The latest and , significantly , greatest fruit of_this theatrical vine is The , an adaptation of Basho 's classic frog haiku by Roger_Entwhistle , a former University_of_Maryland chemistry instructor . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date
Synonyms Examples "the news is up-to-the-minute" "the very latest scientific discoveries" Used in print (1961 Research Highlights of the National Bureau of...)The results of the study , based on collision integrals computed from the latest critically evaluated data on intermolecular forces in air , will be reported in the form of a table of viscosity , thermal conductivity , thermal diffusion , and diffusion coefficients at temperatures of 1000 to 10000 * * f and of logarithm of pressure in atmospheres from * * f to * * f times normal density . (87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)Mr._Speaker , in my latest newsletter to my constituents I urged the imposition of a naval_blockade of Cuba as the only effective method of preventing continued Soviet armaments from coming into the Western_Hemisphere in violation of the Monroe_Doctrine . (Committee for Economic Development, Distressed...)The latest major change in this program was introduced by the National_Defense_Education_Act of 1958 , Title 8 , of which amended the George-Barden_Act . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date
Synonyms Examples "the news is up-to-the-minute" "the very latest scientific discoveries" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style
Synonyms Examples "wears only the latest style" "the last thing in swimwear" "knows the newest dances" "cutting-edge technology" "a with-it boutique" Related terms |
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