The phrase "absolute extent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the total or complete range or scope of something, often in a formal or academic context.
Example: "The absolute extent of the damage caused by the storm was not fully understood until the following week."
Alternatives: "total scope" or "complete range".
"I intend to support these superintendents to the absolute extent of my power, provided they take responsibility for the performance of their schools," he said.
"As proven so poignantly by the neglect of the mentally disabled in as wealthy a country as the United States," Dr. Okin said, "the treatment of these citizens is influenced more by the way nations distribute their wealth than by the absolute extent of this wealth".
Autopsy data suggest that V1 proceeds farther anteriorly in the lingual gyrus [8, 10], while fMRI data show that the dorsal and ventral compartments of V1 are at least similar in absolute extent [18].
Consequently, our estimates must be seen as lower bounds in the absolute extent of underreporting of income, beyond the standard maximum and minimum thresholds derived from the canonical approach.
"It was filled with sand, it was filled with Plasticine, it had make-up still on it, rusted batteries – it had obviously been taken into the bath-tub – and that was fascinating because all of a sudden you realise that someone had loved this toy to the absolute extent".
The question is whether they did, and whether any impact of looks worked through the candidate being among the better-looking of the four in his/her election, or whether the absolute extent of differences among the candidates' looks is what mattered for voters' electoral choices.
But absolute beauty – the extent to which the most beautiful people were much better looking than any of the other participants or contestants – mattered more than relative beauty.
We identify some advantages and disadvantages of each approach, and note the difficulties in actually quantifying the absolute and/or relative extent of the true influence of the built environment on travel behavior.
Freedom is absolute to the extent that each person decides the significance of the constraints in his or her facticity: "I find an absolute responsibility for the fact that my facticity … is directly inapprehensible", because supposed "facts" about me are never brute facts, "but always appear across a projective reconstruction of my for-itself" (Sartre 1992a [1992a: 71992a
At a minimum, the data are consistent with other explanations.To most people, the really alarming new finding in Mr Wade's article is that the extent of absolute poverty in much of the world has increased.
