extremes

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The discovery stands out because giant planets are usually found at temperature extremes.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

El Nino -- a natural climate cycle phase -- influences global weather and increases the likelihood of drought, heavy rainfall and other climate extremes.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

They’re training their anger on families who are going to extremes for an edge, from spending $10,000 for a diagnosis from a neuropsychologist to finding a gastroenterologist to support requests for unlimited bathroom breaks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

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

Furthermore, since perceptions tend to become realities, the natural tendency of the mass media to accentuate the anomalous, combined with an innumerate society’s taste for such extremes, could conceivably have quite dire consequences.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos