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notional

[noh-shuh-nl] / ˈnoʊ ʃə nl /


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England began a baking final day with scant hope of an escape, resuming on 182-5, chasing a notional 463.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

U.S. notional volume of levered ETFs is about $90 billion, up from almost nothing a decade ago, per Goldman Sachs data.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

Equity notional trading volumes on the platform rose 54% in the first quarter from a year earlier, while trading in options contracts climbed 17%.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

Anthropic’s dispute with the government is more than “just notional or just symbolic,” he said, and carries real risk for the company.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

Just outside the park there is a board marking the traditional, but entirely notional, midpoint of the Appalachian Trail, with 1,080.2 indicated miles of hiking in either direction.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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