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nominal

[nom-uh-nl] / ˈnɒm ə nl /




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The department’s funding is now flat with pre-pandemic levels when adjusted for inflation, and well above it in nominal dollars.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

"I wouldn't call it nominal orbital insertion," Huot said.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

When government borrowing costs top the growth of nominal GDP, or an economy measured in current dollars, including inflation, that’s another danger signal, say Brown Brothers Harriman’s currency analysts.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

In 1972 to 1982, when annual inflation averaged over 8%, the average annual nominal total returns of the S&P 500 were 7.74%, while the figure for 10-year U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

His nominal goal was to end backbiting about the bomb program from Roosevelt’s director of war mobilization, James F. Byrnes, a former senator and Supreme Court justice.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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