absolute
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"Although increases in cancer in younger adults are concerning, the absolute burden remains far higher in older adults, underscoring the public health and clinical importance of studying risk factors across all ages," they conclude.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
While the largest absolute increases are expected in already vulnerable areas, including India's Garhwal and Kumaon regions and Nepal, the greatest relative increase is projected on the Tibetan Plateau.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
“We’re still a little cautious on high yield because even though the absolute level of yields are great, spreads relative to traditional are still pretty tight,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Dave Chappelle is equally awful, content-wise, but at least he’s good at being the absolute worst, if that can be a thing for the sake of this argument.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2026
If Mama had gone silent, Penelope had become an absolute chatterbox.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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
Khondji concedes to these particularities, yet he doesn’t think in rigid absolutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2025
"They are not designed to be absolutes," he said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 2, 2023
All of us, when it comes to personality, naturally think in terms of absolutes: that a person is a certain way or is not a certain way.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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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