loftier

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One difference that AI optimists point to is that price/earnings ratios for the hottest stocks back then were loftier than the likes of very profitable Nvidia, Alphabet or Microsoft today.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

An uptick in business air travel is fueling loftier hopes for United Airlines, which is slated to report its holiday-quarter results this week.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 19, 2026

“Whether owing to that striking optimism or some other loftier force at work,” said family member Gregory Small, she had survived with pancreatic cancer for 12 years, a feat that left her doctors dumbfounded.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2025

The prosecution had argued it was a premeditated coup, while Kim claimed far loftier motives.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

They came at last into a hall larger and loftier than any they had yet seen.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis