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[ee-vuhn] / ˈi vən /








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Apple gets that premium even though its earnings are growing half as fast as the market.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

For those luxury homes priced in the top 10%, that median list price increased even more during that same period, going from $11.6 million to $19.4 million, a surge of 71.9%.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

A coach told me when he first came into the side that he was a bowler who would give talks to his team-mates about how to get batsmen out even then.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

A giant guitar sculpture dominates the central square, guitar murals adorn walls and pavements and even the rubbish bins are shaped like guitars.

From Barron's Aug. 31, 2026

A guy among the group with a dark blue fedora replies, “Man, I’m going on down to the voting place with my best suit and my best strut. They ain’t even ready!”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Sometimes people get it right, sometimes people get it wrong, but it usually evens out.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

“Break evens are saying that the market thinks oil prices are going to stay high for at least a period of time,” said Tom Graff, chief investment officer of Baltimore-based Facet, a financial advisory company.

From MarketWatch Mar. 12, 2026

Eilish’s nod for “Wildflower,” which the 23-year-old wrote with her brother, Finneas O’Connell, brings her career nominations in the song category to six — and evens her up with Paul McCartney and Lionel Richie.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 7, 2025

“But it’s mostly something that we think evens out at the end,” he said.

From Barron's Oct. 27, 2025

With short, brisk strokes she evens the broken nail on her left thumb.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

But he noted the indexes have diverged for periods of time before, in both directions, but have always evened out over time.

From MarketWatch May 26, 2026

The other goals came from Matt Boldy, who gave the U.S. a lead early in the first period, and Cale Makar, who evened things for Canada late in the second.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 22, 2026

"I think we deserved the win even though things evened out a bit in the second half."

From Barron's Jan. 9, 2026

On Saturday, Yamamoto evened up the World Series at 1-1 by twirling a masterpiece.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 26, 2025

As the boat evened up with the end of the dock I jumped off and hooked a line around a cleat, but the wood was rotted and the cleat bolts ripped out of the dock.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

Despite DJ Uiagalelei outperforming Trey Lance in Thursday’s preseason finale against the Rams, the incumbent was named QB2 once again, as the Chargers announced their initial 53-man roster Sunday evening.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

On Saturday evening, Niger's public television broadcast footage of dozens of soldiers, including women, who appeared to be surrendering with their hands raised, whilst others were sat in rows on the ground.

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

At the Shuck Station, I joined the evening crowd dining at its outdoor picnic tables.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

Silveira said the fire was still headed toward Highway 1 as of Friday evening.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

There’s a little less evening now, and that’s a warning.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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