face value
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Taking inventory drawdowns at face value, he figures it would mean about a 1 billion barrel drop in demand, a 6% reduction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Damodaran’s own analysis took the company’s numbers more at face value than the bot did, which pushed back against some of the assumptions.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
But—now it’s our turn to play conspiracy theorist—it’s also terribly difficult to take her conversion at face value.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026
More than a thousand tickets remain available on the Fifa resale site, several around face value plus the Fifa fee.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The trucker was apparently taking me at face value.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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