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Discover LudwigThe phrase "final resort" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to the last option or alternative available when all other options have been exhausted.
Example: "If all negotiations fail, we may have to consider legal action as a final resort."
Alternatives: "last resort" or "ultimate option".
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"But demolishing should be a final resort.
As a final resort, I tried my local branch bank, though I wasn't very hopeful.
Islam abhors divorce and sees it only as a final resort, Abdullahi pointed out.
But that must be as a final resort – and we are far from that.
An effort to dislodge the Moroccans by force would be considered only as a final resort.
Alun Cairns, MP for the Vale of Glamorgan, said removing the stone should be the final resort.
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As a consequence and as final resorts, grounded theoretical findings suggest that financial counseling, management, and professional therapy assisted these women to some economic stability.
After the final Resorts agreement was signed, he and Gabor immediately jumped on a plane to Paradise Island in the Bahamas, where--when the deal closes--he will own four hotels, a casino, a golf course, an airline, a pair of houses and a yacht.
As a last resort, final reminder letters were sent by recorded delivery.
Talk radio has the potential to be comforting, personal and exploratory, yet often it's a last resort, a final bleat into a howling void, the sound of blokes down the pub talking really, really loudly about subjects they know very little about.
It should be the most final of last resorts," he wrote.
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