extremes

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Such extremes can also spur desperate pocket gophers and antelope squirrels to strip off their outer layer of bark for sustenance, which can be fatal to the trees.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

As a result, valuation multiples like forward price-to-earnings ratio have yet to reach the extremes of the dot-com era.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

In addition to carrying such a heavy weighting in the index, many semiconductor stocks are also trading near their historic extremes relative to important trend lines like the 200-day moving average.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Growing up, Perry was caught between two extremes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Furthermore, since perceptions tend to become realities, the natural tendency of the mass media to accentuate the anomalous, combined with an innumerate society’s taste for such extremes, could conceivably have quite dire consequences.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos