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- adjective
Very ,extremely , orexceedingly high .
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Examples
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The competitively won programs in which the Company is participating are part of a larger effort to realize the ultimate objective of third-generation photovoltaics, namely ultra-high conversion efficiency at a low cost to the user.
unknown title 2011
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Several record-breaking real-estate sales this year have buoyed optimism in the ultra-high end of the market, including the $85 million sale of a Los Angeles estate owned by Candy Spelling earlier this month.
My Own Private Island Candace Jackson 2011
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But the hybrid technology introduced in the 918, where ultra-high performance and the outer limits of fuel efficiency meet with over 500 brake horsepower and a claimed 94 miles per gallon, will trickle down to higher volume models where the benefits will be reaped by Porsche and purchaser alike.
Dream Cars Matthew Master 2010
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Reuters Supporters of Republican challenger Carly Fiorina chant before a debate between Fiorina and U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer outside the KPCC studios in Pasadena, Calif. in late Sept. Stack today's numbers against each other — normal Democratic interest versus ultra-high Republican interest — and you get the huge enthusiasm gap.
The Voter-Enthusiasm Gap Is a One-Sided Affair Gerald F. Seib 2010
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My usual method of high heat to start followed by a slow roast at a lower temperature works pretty well, but this year I decided to try an ultra-high heat cooking method to see how the turkey would turn out.
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The allegedly reformed act was supposed to obviate underperforming, ultra-high cost programs just like the F-35, which by the way is about to have another cost increase that DoD's cost-estimating bureaucracy - the one reformed by the reform act -- is busily sweeping under the rug.
Winslow T. Wheeler: What Is Gates? Who Is Panetta? Winslow T. Wheeler 2011
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Tokyo Electric Power Co., owner of the two heavily damaged complexes, took the unprecedented step of pumping seawater mixed with boric acid into the core of another reactor, Fukushima Daiichi's unit 1 reactor, to tame ultra-high temperatures from fuel rods that had been partially exposed.
Japanese nuclear plants' operator scrambles to avert meltdowns 2011
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Two core pieces of propaganda have gradually become pervasive and now prevent politicians from passing tax increases on ultra-high earners and the ultra-wealthy.
Bill Zimmerman: Time for Strategic Philanthropy Bill Zimmerman 2010
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Tokyo Electric Power Co., owner of the two heavily damaged complexes, took the unprecedented step of pumping seawater mixed with boric acid into the core of another reactor, Fukushima Daiichi's unit 1 reactor, to tame ultra-high temperatures from fuel rods that had been partially exposed.
Japanese nuclear plants' operator scrambles to avert meltdowns 2011
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Because of today's convoluted tax code, which makes deductions and loopholes disproportionately available to ultra-high earners, many of those with incomes in the stratosphere actually pay a smaller portion of their total income than the rest of us.
Bill Zimmerman: Time for Strategic Philanthropy Bill Zimmerman 2010
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