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- adjective
superlative form ofsure : mostsure . (mostsure )
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Examples
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There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.
Matthew Yglesias » Israeli Officials Think Road to Peace Runs Through Teheran 2009
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Even the footing of the wisest and the surest is precarious.
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Even the footing of the wisest and the surest is precarious.
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"What do you call the surest means of self-defence?"
The Reckoning 1902
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"What do you call the surest means of self-defence?"
The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 2 Edith Wharton 1899
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"What do you call the surest means of self-defence?"
The Descent of Man and Other Stories Edith Wharton 1899
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It is this deep impression of supernatural truths, which has been so much celebrated under the name of faith; a state of mind described as the surest pledge of the divine favor and of future felicity, and recommended as the first, or perhaps the only merit of a Christian.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 Edward Gibbon 1765
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It is this deep impression of supernatural truths, which has been so much celebrated under the name of faith; a state of mind described as the surest pledge of the divine favor and of future felicity, and recommended as the first, or perhaps the only merit of a Christian.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 Edward Gibbon 1765
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It is this deep impression of supernatural truths, which has been so much celebrated under the name of faith; a state of mind described as the surest pledge of the divine favor and of future felicity, and recommended as the first, or perhaps the only merit of a Christian.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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This step suggested that the most important resource for the exchange of ideas, and the surest to offer the most promising and profitable transnational education, was no longer anglicized Latin but rather rebranded English.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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