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extremes

NOUN

extremity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

terminus

STRONG

acme acuteness adversity apex apogee border bound boundary brim brink butt climax consummation crisis depth disaster edge end excess extreme frontier height last margin maximum nadir outside pinnacle plight pole remote rim setback terminal termination tip top trouble verge vertex zenith

WEAK

dire straits

Antonyms

STRONG

aid base beginning blessing boon bottom center commencement good fortune good luck help inside interior middle minimum nadir opening peace prosperity start success

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As a result, valuation multiples like forward price-to-earnings ratio have yet to reach the extremes of the dot-com era.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Owen Lamont, a portfolio manager at Acadian Asset Management in Boston, has written extensively about market extremes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Growing up, Perry was caught between two extremes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Rockefeller just took it to extremes, so that all the workers were his people.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

The answer is always somewhere between the two extremes, and the balance between the two has to be struck afresh with each new topic.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

extremes

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