absolute
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The Nasdaq composite has swung an average of 2.1% over the past five sessions, according to Dow Jones Market Data, compared with its five-year average absolute move of 1%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
“She wasn’t someone who was well-known in the industry at the time, but he brought her in and she was an absolute superstar,” Mueller, now CEO of the startup Impulse Space, told MarketWatch over email.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
"Abandonment wasn't because the site became ecologically unsuitable in any absolute sense. Bison were still around, vegetation hadn't changed, and there was no substantive shift in fire activities," Wendt pointed out.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
Even though the current test is notably more difficult, the results, though improved, remain poor in absolute terms.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
If Mama had gone silent, Penelope had become an absolute chatterbox.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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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