inflated

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The companies’ intricate web of cross-shareholdings artificially inflated their share prices.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

The review concludes that the 130,000 number is highly inflated and includes tens of thousands who may be alive — or ended up on the list without having been properly identified in the first place.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Just a few months of inflated gas prices and snarled supply chains could halt growth altogether and tip the economy into a recession, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

That resulted a small denominator within the P/E ratio that artificially inflated the profitability metric.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

Another fairy entered a bubble and inflated it from the inside until it tripled in size and burst with a violet flash.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull