absolute
Example Sentences
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The relative valuation looks good; the absolute valuation looks good.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
The Sabich case became an absolute sensation in the media, not just in America but also globally, and Longet was internationally labeled Aspen’s femme fatale.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
The other option, of course, is that teams change the way they play and stop trying to find the minor gains by pushing the laws to the absolute limit.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
The price-to-earnings multiple for the asset class is cheap both on an absolute basis, Matejka says, at 12 times forward earnings, but it’s “record cheap” versus developed markets, on 20 times, as well.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
I woke at two-thirty—according to the flashing, demonic red of a digital clockface—in an absolute panic.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Vocabulary lists containing absolute
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 6
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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