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diversify

[dih-vur-suh-fahy, dahy-] / dɪˈvɜr səˌfaɪ, daɪ- /
VERB
spread out; branch out
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In fact, he says, now that Europe can no longer rely fully on the US, Spain's priority is to diversify.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

“It is to save consistently, diversify retirement accounts, manage investment risk appropriately and stress-test the plan before those decisions are made for you.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Understanding the need to quickly diversify the portfolio ahead of U.S./EU semaglutide patent expiry early next decade, Novo aims to significantly speed up development and supplement the internal pipeline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

"Whole genome sequencing has transformed our ability to not only look at adaptation from a perspective of how things diversify, but it has really important conservation value," Bowie said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Locked glass display cases held rings and necklaces and brooches, and a few guitars and banjos hung on the pine-board-paneled walls to diversify the merchandise.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

The acquisition of Meteoric adds to and diversifies its resources.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Evolutionary theory has long proposed that life diversifies through periods of fast change followed by slower phases.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026

"For China, the pipeline is about energy security and leverage, and less about dependence. It diversifies supply away from maritime chokepoints," he said.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

For Russia, the key question is whether it can maintain influence if Mali diversifies its security ties.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

Protection to American labor diversifies American industry, and to have it diversified touches and develops every part of the human brain.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political by Robert Green Ingersoll

And those funds hold thousands of diversified loans, therefore revealing major, but hidden, losses, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Under Simon, Funko has diversified its supply chain, shifting production out of China to Vietnam and other countries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Ondo is launching seven tokenized model portfolios on Thursday, including the three from BlackRock: high-income, diversified growth and high-growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Bowie and Vianna have spent nearly a decade studying how penguins evolved and diversified.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

In the large and pleasant salon which extended across the width of the house, the Ratignolles entertained their friends once a fortnight with a soiree musicale,sometimes diversified by card-playing.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

Taken together, the evidence indicates that both powered flight and echolocation emerged before modern bat groups began diversifying.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Housing is pretty cheap. It’s been pretty fast-growing, and in that cheap housing and fast-growing, it’s a place that’s diversifying, and a lot of immigrants have made a life there.”

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

Meanwhile, Brussels hopes the investments will achieve two goals: building a relationship with Greenland and diversifying Europe's access to critical minerals, currently dominated by China.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

According to industry surveys by the World Gold Council, the Bank of England remains the most popular vaulting location, but central banks are increasingly diversifying where they store the precious metal.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

They knew how significant it was that another one of us had made it; it was like one more step toward diversifying fencing.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad




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