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A final expedient or recourse to achieve some end or settle a difficulty. For example, If you don't improve, we'll try this new medication as a last resort . This term originally referred to a court of law from which there was no appeal. [Late 1600s]

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Bass described the possible layoffs as “a decision of absolute last resort,” traveling to Sacramento on Wednesday to seek state money to save the jobs.

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Bass, during her State of the City address on Monday, described the layoff strategy as “a decision of absolute last resort.”

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“My proposed budget unfortunately includes layoffs, which is a decision of absolute last resort.”

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Ten victims of the Palisades and Eaton fires sued the Fair Plan, accusing California’s insurer of last resort of mishandling smoke damage claims.

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"The university will continue to make every effort to mitigate compulsory redundancies which will always remain a last resort."

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