nominal
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New York City’s budget has exploded to $127 billion from around $70 billion in 2013 —an 81% nominal increase that far outpaces inflation and population growth.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
As to Duncan, the nominal star of the show, it doesn’t matter whether he’ll win or lose — there’s not enough to hang on to.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
A stealthier and less obvious plan would be financial repression, in which interest rates are held down below the rate of nominal growth of the economy, which consists of real growth plus inflation.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Each phase of the ascent was, in the understated language of mission control, "nominal": maximum dynamic pressure, main engine cut-off and booster separation.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
The nominal first boat, Joe’s, kept coming in third.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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