How to Use extreme in a Sentence
- Many thought that the punishment was too extreme for the crime.
- The plant is sensitive to extreme heat and cold.
- The plan was rejected as too extreme.
- She went on an extreme diet.
- He has extreme opinions when it comes to politics.
- Members of the extreme right opposed the legislation.
- They are living in extreme poverty.
- This is an extreme example of what can happen when a company grows too quickly.
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This whole case is an extreme tragedy.
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Kristina Rex,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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Both the state and the city framed things in less extreme terms.
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Matt Ford,
The New Republic,
6 Oct. 2023
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More about the extreme rain in Hawaii.
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Marissa Martinez,
NBC news,
20 Mar. 2026
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That could lead to extreme heat in the area at the start of the month.
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Finch Walker,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
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Sea ice is an extreme load on a structure like that.
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Deena Theresa,
Interesting Engineering,
28 May 2026
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Much of the state is under an extreme cold watch.
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Anusha Mathur,
NPR,
24 Jan. 2026
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Yet his views were neither fringe nor extreme.
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Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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Protect the plants from extreme cold.
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Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Oct. 2025
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Some come from extreme poverty.
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Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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Furiosa would prove to be the most extreme test of that instinct.
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Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
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What’s much less clear is when and where extreme water shortages will hit.
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Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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This will protect the toads and frogs from extreme heat and any predators.
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Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
6 Feb. 2026
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The pain, which must have been extreme, seemed of no consequence to him.
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Kate Crane,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2026
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These companies are to blame for extreme heat waves.
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Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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While an entire home rolling away may be extreme, the unit was lost long before that.
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Alexandra Phelps,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
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Kitchen tools, like a thermometer, can melt in the extreme high heat.
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Martha Stewart,
7 Feb. 2026
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How does the home perform during extreme heat events?
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Cyril Petit,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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The impacts of the extreme heat were severe.
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Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Such extreme drops in weight can be dangerous.
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Bethany Brookshire,
Scientific American,
6 Feb. 2026
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Be extreme about hunting down what's hiding from you.
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Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Many of the same regions are also facing a surge of extreme heat.
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Francie Ebert,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
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Threats are growing from more extreme weather.
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Michael Copley,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2026
- His mood changed from one extreme to the other.
- After spending lavishly for years, the company has now gone to the opposite extreme and has cut expenses drastically.
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France took that mantra to the extreme.
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James Horncastle,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
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Both extremes, the young and the old.
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Ali Lerman,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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And climbers go to new extremes to stand out.
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Cecilia Vega,
CBS News,
22 Dec. 2025
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In most of the world’s oceans, such extremes would be lethal to coral.
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Asuka Koda,
CNN Money,
17 Apr. 2026
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There’s a cost to that, of course, but hope sits at the extremes.
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Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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All in all, try to keep the vibe cool and not take it to the extreme.
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Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
29 Dec. 2025
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And this is indeed a land of extremes.
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Sergei Poljak,
Outside,
7 Mar. 2026
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But his penchant for the extreme hasn’t gone away.
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Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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The extremes of emotions can be hard.
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Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
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Third, this chart is hackable at the extremes.
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Jakob Sanderson,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Now, let’s briefly look at the other extreme.
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Inga Bielińska,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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In a world obsessed with extremes, that’s enough.
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Outside,
31 Jan. 2026
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The choice marked a clear turn from the extremes she’s leaned into this month.
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Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
2 Oct. 2025
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The cyberdeck scene thrives on extremes.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Jan. 2026
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All told, Venus is a planet full of extremes.
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Big Think,
5 Feb. 2026
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Weather extremes should be at the top of your list of concerns.
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Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
11 Apr. 2026
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But the turmoil has reached a new extreme in recent weeks.
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ABC News,
20 Feb. 2026
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The best way forward is to resist the pull of extremes.
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Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Sanderlings are birds of extremes.
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Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Think balance rather than extremes.
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Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2026
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Think balance rather than extremes.
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Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
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McBride took the approach to the extreme.
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Fred Katz,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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That’s expressed to the extreme by Pavia.
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Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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That’s a self-portrait that has long been fatuous in the extreme.
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Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Nov. 2023
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For many wine drinkers, sauvignon blanc seems to exist in two extremes.
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Devin Parr,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
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That logic is now being pushed to the extreme.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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There was nothing in between these two extremes.
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Jimmy Wales,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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Surveys are less clear, though, not sitting at extremes.
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Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
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