widest
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A measure of the stress: France has to pay about 0.85 percentage point in additional interest than Germany to issue a 10-year bond, near its widest point in years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
It's a gap of 5.8 percentage points this year, down from 6.2 last year and 9.5 in 2017, when it was at its widest this century.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Its 22% discount was one of the widest of any U.S. closed-end fund that invested in public securities, according to the fund’s semiannual report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
This marks the planet's widest visible separation from the Sun during its current appearance in the evening sky.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
“They have the widest backs. They measure them. How do you feel, Tenente?”
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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