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absolute

[ab-suh-loot, ab-suh-loot] / ˈæb səˌlut, ˌæb səˈlut /






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“Grain-the dominant growth engine for both carriers through 2026-should remain healthy in absolute terms, but fade rapidly in terms of outsized growth contribution, increasing the importance of replacement growth surfacing elsewhere,” the analysts write.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

But absolute temperatures are just one way of measuring El Nino's strength.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Bryant has suggested the absolute deadline for reaching a deal is January because at that point the money available to spend under the emergency arrangements will run out.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Pauline says Margaret was small, frail and grieving but she was an "absolute spitfire".

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

They felt their way forward in the absolute darkness.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

It resonates in part because pregnant women are routinely handed absolutes with little explanation and expected to comply, so permission to have a little leeway is a welcome relief.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

No doubt, but as we have seen with the handball law if you add more absolutes that simply results in more disallowed goals.

From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025

Johnson told Barron’s that the projected percentage increases represent ranges rather than absolutes, and that individual payouts would depend on the company and the employee’s performance.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025

Venable treats even his most culpable characters as human beings — perhaps the play’s boldest move in an age of moral absolutes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025

But she also understood that sometimes the world was just a little bit more complicated and grown folks liked to operate in absolutes.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland


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