"ne plus ultra" meaning in English

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          "text": "Suppers were the ne plus ultra of human invention; it could go no further, and was obliged to degenerate; dinner is too much matter of business, it is a necessity: now, a necessity is too like a duty ever to be pleasant.",
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          "text": "November 30, 2014, Julia Kavanagh, Rome: The ‘ne plus ultra’ of Arthttps://camel76.wordpress.com/2014/11/20/rome-the-ne-plus-ultra-of-art/\nIt doesn’t get any better than this because Rome, like Florence, is the ne plus ultra of art."
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      "enpr": "/nā' plŭs ŭl'trə/"
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      "enpr": "/nē' plŭs ŭl'trə/"
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