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aggressive

[uh-gres-iv] / əˈgrɛs ɪv /




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But in recent months, Greer became more prominent, in part because many trading partners preferred his lawyerly approach to the aggressive negotiating style of Lutnick, a billionaire former Wall Street executive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

An aggressive squid is so angry to be eaten that it made me regret sampling live sashimi in Koreatown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Even more surprisingly, those smaller cells proved to be more capable of forming aggressive tumors than their larger counterparts.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Memory stocks saw an aggressive run-up in May and June as soaring demand for high-bandwidth memory in data centers boosted chip makers’ pricing power.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

I was okay at it, but according to our coach I wasn’t aggressive enough.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram


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