absurd
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Price-weighting has no end of absurd consequences, not the least of which is what happens when there is a stock split.
From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026
The margin of records across the western US was "utterly absurd", its chief scientist Robert Rohde said.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Chow wrote in a letter to a group of families of victims of the crackdown this month: "This is an absurd trial where the plaintiff has become the defendant."
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
There’s also something called Man Cereal, which deserves no further explanation because it really is that absurd.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
“The price was absurd, and they were giving her a no money down option adjustable-rate mortgage,” says Eisman, who talked her into taking out a conventional fixed-rate mortgage.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing absurd
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