inflated
Example Sentences
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Tariffs inflated his expenses, but so have crop failures, higher rents and rising labor costs.
This past fall the IMF warned of inflated credit ratings on life insurers’ private credit holdings, which could result in defaults far exceeding predictions in a downturn.
That resulted a small denominator within the P/E ratio that artificially inflated the profitability metric.
From MarketWatch
That trough can be a brutal journey from the highs of inflated expectations where money and excitement are flowing into what might be possible.
For residents, inflated property prices and living costs are leaving a bitter taste.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
