last thing
idiom
1
: after everything else
Heat the vegetables last thing so that they don't get cold.
2
: very late
I'll be back last thing (on) Monday night.
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The irony is that DEI is the absolute last thing the organization would think about in assembling and paying those on its 40-man roster.
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Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025
Admittedly, that last thing became grating by the end, but still, Meredith and Derek transcend space and time!
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 May 2025
The very last thing our children need is yet another policy, process, committee and a minimum of two public input sessions to debate faux naming outrage by people wanting to be offended by everything.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
One last thing: in 2016 a study showed that the universe may contain as many as two trillion separate galaxies.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 8 May 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025
Admittedly, that last thing became grating by the end, but still, Meredith and Derek transcend space and time!
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 May 2025
The very last thing our children need is yet another policy, process, committee and a minimum of two public input sessions to debate faux naming outrage by people wanting to be offended by everything.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
One last thing: in 2016 a study showed that the universe may contain as many as two trillion separate galaxies.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 8 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for last thing
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“Last thing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/last%20thing. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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