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Greatest


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Trans-Siberian railway , the greatest train journey in the world, is where our love story began.
  • (2) Among the groups investigated, the subjects with gastric tumors presented the greatest values.
  • (3) Both gp175 and gp250 showed the greatest increase in fucosylation at 10(-5) M, which was also the dose at which RA induced laminin maximally, while the fucosylation of gp400 was greatest at 10(-8) M RA and declined at higher concentrations.
  • (4) This study concludes that grade is the greatest predictor of survival, with only 37% of grade 3 patients surviving at 5 years.
  • (5) Digestion is initiated in the gastric region by secretion of acid and pepsin; however, diversity of digestive enzymes is highest in the post-gastric alimentary canal with the greatest proteolytic activity in the spiral valve.
  • (6) Thallium-201, a radiopharmaceutical that possesses many of the characteristics of potassium analogues, at present is receiving the greatest attention as a regional blood flow indicator.
  • (7) The greatest advantages of spinal QCT for noninvasive bone mineral measurement lie in the high precision of the technique, the high sensitivity of the vertebral trabecular measurement site, and the potential for widespread application.
  • (8) The greatest changes were revealed in the mitochondria.
  • (9) The column eluate with the greatest RAST inhibition activity was associated with a protein peak having a molecular weight greater than 341 kilodaltons; however, all peaks demonstrated inhibitory activity.
  • (10) The greatest stars who emerged from the early talent shows – Frank Sinatra, Gladys Knight, Tony Bennett – were artists with long careers.
  • (11) Her novels have an enduring and universal appeal and she is recognised as one of the greatest writers in English literature.
  • (12) The procedure includes identifying "critical individuals," i.e., those who would have the greatest impact on the lod scores, should their diagnostic status in fact change.
  • (13) The sequence of the algal thioredoxin Ch2 has been compared to that of thioredoxins from other sources and has the greatest similarity (67%) with the thioredoxin from Anabaena 7119.
  • (14) and Isc was greatest in the most distal segment and less in each of the successive more proximal segments.
  • (15) Guinea pigs exposed to 200 and 400 H. truncatum larvae elicited the greatest change in feeding efficiency during the fourth infestation.
  • (16) Although each of the adenosine agonists reduced total peripheral resistance, the greatest change was produced by CGS 21680C.
  • (17) The greatest increase in spontaneous IgG secretion is seen with ulcerative colitis intestinal MNC, due to the secretion of large amounts of IgG subclass 1.
  • (18) "The role of leader is one of the greatest honours imaginable – but it is not a bauble to aspire for.
  • (19) Hemeselect was shown to have a higher sensitivity for colorectal carcinoma (94.0% compared with 58.0%), the greatest difference in sensitivity between the two tests being for rectal cancers.
  • (20) Most cases of typhoid fever in the United States occur in international travelers, with the greatest risk associated with travel to Peru, India, Pakistan, and Chile.

Uttermost


Definition:

  • (a.) Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree; as, the uttermost extent or end.
  • (n.) The utmost; the highest or greatest degree; the farthest extent.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is insight in its uttermost distinction that leads to secondary stages.
  • (2) From the frozen reaches of Alaska and the Canadian Arctic, across the high grassland plains of North America, through the equatorial tropics and down the spine of the Andes to Patagonia at the uttermost end of the earth, the Americas boast an extraordinary range of landscapes and climates.
  • (3) By going to the uttermost physical and electronic lengths, sensitivity values of more than 10(-5) degrees can be reached.

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