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- noun Plural form of
extreme . - noun
Things that exhibit absolute difference.
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Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce;
Quotations 1919
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Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce;
Quotations 1919
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Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce;
Quotations 1919
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Of _fierce extremes, extremes_ by change more _fierce_. "
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It varies in extremes from a personal journal to an op-ed column to a magazine how-to feature.
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In a series of talks at the third Australia Day Convention, Dean Jensen has taken a strong stand against what he describes as the extremes of the spectrum.
SA Latest News 2010
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Which brings me to my point four: the debate around healthcare is framed very much in extremes – it is either world best and criticizing it is amoral, or it is so bad that it needs to be reformed from ground up.
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Do you understand the difference between “much” and “all” or do you only deal in extremes?
Think Progress » REPORT: A Closer Look At Consumer Protections In Dodd’s Financial Reform Bill 2010
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In the short term, monitoring overbought and oversold extremes is the best, quantified way to make sense of the markets. passing thru says:
Matthew Yglesias » Markets Respond Positively to Talk of Greek Bailout 2010
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It's worth considering whether an art form with no room for stylistic extremes is all that healthy — and worth remembering, after all, that "Four Organs," not "Final Alice," was the real scandal.
Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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