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[kuhn-sawr-shee-uhm, -tee-] / kənˈsɔr ʃi əm, -ti- /








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In March 2025 the multinational divested from the business, selling its shares - to Renaissance Africa Energy, a consortium of Nigerian indigenous oil companies.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

The company also will join a consortium of investors exploring the construction of a pipeline to connect Iraq’s oil patch with the Syrian coast.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

According to Aalto University Professor Päivi Törmä, who leads the SuperC consortium, the approach could dramatically speed the discovery of new superconductors.

From Science Daily Jul. 7, 2026

And at the end of the day, the Ministry of Defence may end up awarding the contract to a consortium made up of some - or conceivably all - of these firms.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

Rabi stitched together the new lab’s sponsoring consortium, known as Associated Universities, from nine large Eastern research institutions that would have been hard pressed to compete individually in the multimillion-dollar world of postwar high-energy physics.*

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

But consortia funding these projects include publicly traded companies.

From Barron's Apr. 12, 2026

"Most large atlases like this require large consortia with dozens of laboratories but our method is far more efficient than other approaches."

From Science Daily Feb. 28, 2026

Financial institutions are now forming consortia for cross-border settlement.

From MarketWatch Jan. 16, 2026

The federally funded research center employs about 830 staff, making it one of the largest consortia of scientists who study weather, climate and Earth systems using advanced models and supercomputers in the world.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 17, 2025

There are hundreds of public-private partnerships and consortia, such as the Protein Data Bank, that are advancing the frontiers of biomedicines with university assistance.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 23, 2025

As the model continues to grow across the game globally, it remains to be seen just how consortiums will adapt to manage all of their assets, and whether fans will continue to accept it.

From Barron's Jan. 6, 2026

Under PFI deals, private consortiums build facilities such as schools, hospitals and roads, in return for regular payments over as many as 30 years.

From BBC Nov. 21, 2025

The legacy media is facing all kinds of financial reversals, and I think it’s tied up in the ownership of a lot of papers by big corporate consortiums who have to worry about their shareholders.

From Slate Dec. 11, 2024

"However, international treaties and consortiums discourage nuclear testing," the firm said in a report summary.

From Reuters Apr. 4, 2022

Abramovich will sell the club after 19 years as owner, with four consortiums locked in a bidding battle.

From Seattle Times Apr. 2, 2022




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