LAST WORD Definition & Meaning

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last word

the closing remark or comment, as in an argument:
By the rules of debate she would have the last word.
a final or definitive work, statement, etc.:
This report is the last word on the treatment of arthritis.
the latest, most modern thing:
Casual hairdos are the last word this season.

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First recorded in 1880–85

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Justice is sought after, but is also portrayed as inadequate and hardly the last word.

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The last words of the series, fittingly, come in the form of Joe’s inner monologue.

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Note the last word in that sentence, and you’ll spot the dissonance between HBO’s statement and the reality of the situation.

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We must make room on the bed of life and say, as Molly does in the book’s last word: “Yes.”

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But the battle would be costly, and even a victory in this particular case might not be the last word.

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