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ultimate strength

noun

Engineering.
  1. the quantity of the utmost tensile, compressive, or shearing stress that a given unit area of a certain material is expected to bear without failing.



ultimate strength

noun

  1. the maximum tensile stress that a material can withstand before rupture

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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I wanted to reveal the lengths that families are willing to go for each other, and how those bonds can both harness us to dysfunction and be our ultimate strength.

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"Being vulnerable is not a weakness, it's the ultimate strength."

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Legal experts not involved with the case underscored that its ultimate strength will likely hinge on evidence that has not yet been made public.

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“For an art documentary, there’s a surprising amount of financial discussion here. The ultimate strength of ‘The Lost Leonardo’ is its inspection of how society reveres and seeks out capital, the real driving force behind the pushes and pulls acted upon the ‘Salvator Mundi.’

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The ultimate strength of “The Lost Leonardo” is its inspection of how society reveres and seeks out capital, the real driving force behind the pushes and pulls acted upon the “Salvator Mundi.”

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