ultimatum
noun
-ˈmä-
Examples of ultimatum in a Sentence
Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2023
According to Montoya, Maria, seen on Janet's doorbell camera, gave Pellot an ultimatum.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2023
According to staffers present at the meeting, management gave them an ultimatum: sign a side agreement allowing the company to hire non-union contractors, or Mailchimp walks not only from the new series, but from the ads and existing show as well.
—Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 14 Dec. 2023
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., issued an ultimatum to President Biden earlier this week saying that no Ukraine funding would move forward until significant changes have been made at the U.S.-Mexico border.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2023
This ultimatum from the Israeli military only emphasizes the power differential between Israeli and Palestine.
—Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic, 13 Oct. 2023
Negotiations over TikTok’s operations had been going on for nearly three years when the Biden administration delivered its ultimatum.
—Drew Harwell, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
Sources familiar with the outreach emphasize that there’s been no ultimatums nor threats to break with the impressive solidarity that the WGA West and WGA East have marshaled since the strike began May 2.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023
An Ohio teen is accused of murdering her 33-year-old boyfriend’s mother after giving him an ultimatum to kill the Toledo woman and then fled with him to Mexico, authorities say.
—Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
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Word History
New Latin, from Medieval Latin, neuter of ultimatus final
1731, in the meaning defined above
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