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corporation

[kawr-puh-rey-shuhn] / ˌkɔr pəˈreɪ ʃən /


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BBC director-general Matt Brittin has said he was not aware of the severity of the cuts the corporation needed to make when he took on his role.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Every household and corporation in America locked in low rates, and the one borrower that needed to most, didn’t.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

When a corporation is doing well and is financially secure, then, yes, the interest rate on its bonds will decline because investors will consider them safer.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

When a similar idea was raised last year, the trade body UK Finance said banks already paid both a corporation tax surcharge and a bank levy.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

It allowed him to get paid for the same job twice, and to salve any guilt he felt about working for a demonic multinational corporation like IOI.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Higher oil prices has also fuelled bond market investors, who have demanded higher returns, leading to higher borrowing costs for the US government and other major corporations.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

It’s been a long road from that pivotal New Mexican trial to this hilarious cartoon version, with corporations erecting bigger and bigger speed bumps.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Yet Priya Parker, an independent facilitator and strategic adviser to corporations, nonprofits, political organizations and multigenerational families, initially shrank from the prospect.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Credit markets have functioned smoothly, heavy supply has been absorbed and the main AI issuers still are “elite corporations with incredible balance sheets.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Across the West Virginia state line, in Pennsylvania’s Alle-Kiski Valley, known as Black Valley, some of the richest corporations in America piled up profits.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell




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