at the latest

1. No later than. For example, We have to be in New York by Monday at the latest. This idiom was first recorded in 1884.

Example Sentences

But the signs were visible, at the latest with the seating of the Tea Party Congress in 2011, perhaps even earlier — in the George W. Bush presidency, with Republicans’ ghoulish enthusiasm for torturing terrorism suspects — and maybe well before that.

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And that means playing during the afternoon, which is technically a working day, and it would probably have to kick off by 4pm at the latest.

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There, on the shores of the Black Sea, we’d stayed at the latest iteration of the stylish Rooms chain, where our quarters resembled a chic ship’s cabin, complete with bunk beds.

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Look at the latest mind-numbing assault on sanity of the president’s new tariffs on Canada.

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The presidency said late Wednesday that Macron would name a new prime minister within the next 48 hours, indicating the appointment would come by Friday evening at the latest.

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