Synonyms for last resort
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1. pis aller, last resortnoun

   an expedient adopted only in desperation

   "`pis aller' is French for `worst going'"

   Synonyms:
   pis aller

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1. • Expedient

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1. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong:

   If we end up in court we may finally get the regulatory clarity the SEC refuses to provide. But regulation by litigation should be the last resort for the SEC, not the first.

2. Paula Mitchell:

   The average time for the California Supreme Court to decide these death penalty appeal cases is about 15 years, but some cases have lasted 20 to 25 years, other states with the death penalty, like Texas, have an intermediate court of criminal appeals to handle the direct appeals and lighten the caseload for those states' courts of last resort.

3. Susan Anderson:

   Off-price is a last resort.

4. Chief Financial Officer Ronald Seckelmann:

   That would be a last-resort measure, and it isn't on the table yet.

5. Charles Blanke:

   Doctors are obligated to help patients in ways likely to make a difference in their quality of life – controlling pain, improving mood, addressing sleeplessness, etc. – and should offer chemotherapy only as a last resort for those who still want it after true informed consent as to the unlikelihood of it doing any good, doctors need to emphasize they will not abandon the patient with end-stage disease, and that there are ways to help that are not ‘active treatment,’.