ultimate proof

collocation in English

meaningsofultimateandproof

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ultimate
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈʌl.tɪ.mət/us
/ˈʌl.tə.mət/
most extreme or important because either the original or final, or the best ...
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proof
noun
uk
/pruːf/us
/pruːf/
a fact or piece of information that shows that something exists or ...
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(Definition ofultimateandprooffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It would be simplistic to see here theultimateproofof mere hypocrisy or complete alienation.
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Theultimateproofof cloning of the gene is provided by sequence analysis and demonstration of mutation in the patients.
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There isultimateproofin that quotation.
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The improvement of prognosis by the reversal of a particular drug-resistance mechanism in the clinic is theultimateproofof principle of the importance of that mechanism.
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Would not a referendum be theultimateproofof lack of confidence in this place?
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Is this not theultimateproofthat the traditional model of development cooperation does not work?
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That is theultimateproofthat self-regulation can be self-delusion.
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That is surely theultimateproofof their total integration with our way of life.
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Theultimateproofof this was that they had given birth and had nursed their offspring.
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Surely the war in itself is theultimateproofthat it is not true that in our day the internal affairs of one nation have no concern for other countries.
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Detection of this waveform in the future by advanced gravitational radiation detectors might provide theultimateproofof the existence of a black hole.
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Theultimateproofof a tamer's dominance and control over a lion is demonstrated by placing his head in the lion's mouth.
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