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the nec and non plus ultra     (Latin) The Latin phrases nec plus ultra and non plus ultra both mean extreme point, summit, acme.[1] The form nec plus ultra is commonly used in French, and ne plus ultra in English.[2]

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  1. Gifford (1988) 336.
  2. Oxford English Dictionary.
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