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Of all these sudden-uprising perplexities this latest was the most astounding.

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  1. adjective Superlative of late.
  2. noun Something that is the most recent or current of its kind: the latest in electronic gadgetry.
  3. idiom at the latest No later than: Have it done by Tuesday at the latest.

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  • I have no letter from you by the last post, which put me almost out of humour, notwithstanding the receipt of the three above mentioned within forty-eight hours, of which, however, the latest is a week old. —  Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 1.
  • Don't know, I have received maybe three texts from KSR … the latest was at 1: 54 —  Kentucky Sports Radio
  • Bochow said the latest is a plan to retrofit garbage trucks and other city vehicles with electric motors that give the vehicles their initial push after they've come to a stop.
  • Europe has seen more colorways of some of the popular Nike runners than here in the states, the latest is a new colorway of the tried and true —  NiceKicks.com - Online Magazine for sneaker news, history, & culture
  • Last week I wrote about Light, something to give your pics a pro touch, there's another one I've been playing with coming out of embargo shortly and the latest is an app called TimeLapse, which lets you [...] —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
 

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  1. Superl. of late: see late and last.
 

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/ˈleɪtɛst/
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