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[eez] / iz /






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Healey will deliver his first Budget on Wednesday when Dawn, Jessica and the rest of us will hear what he might do to ease the squeeze.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

More recently, the evolution of AI has increased the ease with which these websites can be populated with content, eliminating the need to pay writers and automating the production of social media posts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

Employees of barricaded shops in Rennes said they were "not feeling at ease" about protests planned for later in the day, despite a ban.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

This strong operational performance drove a free cash flow beat of C$62 million, helping to ease net leverage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

I think maybe that is why I felt at once so much at ease with him.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

“There’s something about riding that clears my head and eases my physical pain, for a moment,” she writes in a comic titled “How I Got a Horse.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

On worries over higher Treasury bond yields, closely monitored as a proxy for interest rates, the official said interest costs are expected to cool as inflation eases over time.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

“As capacity eases, which we anticipate, this company will be among the first and hardest hit,” she wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

As the smoke eases, firefighters then move into the forest on foot to try and contain the latest flare-up.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Her breathing eases for a moment as she notices the difference in the mirror.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

Headline inflation eased to 2.9% last month, while core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, edged down to 2.8%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Yet the AI debt deluge helping to finance the data-center and infrastructure boom — which is making capital more expensive — has recently eased up.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

South Korea’s headline inflation eased to 2.9% last month, remaining above the central bank’s 2% target.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

U.S. stocks rose as strong earnings from Elon Musk’s SpaceX eased concerns about the profitability of the artificial-intelligence business, sparking gains for chip makers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

When Shepherd was on the air, Bobby would darken his room and have a one-way conversation that eased his loneliness.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

When the financial conditions index rises toward zero, conditions are tightening; when it falls further below zero, or becomes more negative, they are easing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

The region set a record this year for the earliest harvest given the exceptionally hot summer, which caused high sugar content in the grapes and forced an easing of rules on alcohol content.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Diesel prices remain stubbornly high as inventories sit near historically low levels, despite efforts to ease pressure on refined-fuel markets through emergency stock releases or the easing of restrictions on Russian exports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Meanwhile, pressure on U.S. 10-year treasury yields was slightly easing Thursday, which Jefferies equities trading analyst Jeffrey Favuzza said was likely “a function around the sentiment in AI.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

I had been easing toward it, testing the water, not sure what I wanted, except not to be everything I knew I wasn’t.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson


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