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[in-vest] / ɪnˈvɛst /




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The former owner of Poundland has said he would invest in the firm as a government minister said she would meet the firm's board.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

She and her co-founders tried to get the city to invest in sanitation for unmapped slums using data.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Lee said Monday the government would also invest 2.1 trillion won in electricity, water supply and industrial complex infrastructure, as semiconductor plants require a stable power supply around the clock, 365 days a year.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Last month, the startup completed a funding round led by South Korea’s Samsung Electronics that lifted its valuation above $24 billion, giving it additional firepower to invest in model development.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Shawn wanted to professionalize the operation, to invest the profits from the Malad job in new equipment; Dad wanted things to stay the same.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

“It invests the states with responsibility for the mechanics of congressional elections,” unless Congress adopts a different rule.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

StoneX analyst Mickey Legg took a similar view in a note to clients that the cut “seems like a deferral,” as Tesla’s spending should grow as it invests across its business.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Bending Spoons stock soars as Berkshire Hathaway invests another $330 million in the digital media company.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

His composition “Go In,” on “Kevin Sun I.,” invests anew in the chord changes of John Coltrane’s “Countdown.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

I just finished a draft essay about my career dream: a fair-trade company that invests in and designs eco-friendly clothes sewn and embroidered by Indian village women.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

Those who stay invested around the election are often rewarded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Anthropic treats machine consciousness as an open question, and has invested in researching it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

"So many people get so invested and it's lovely because it becomes so much bigger."

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

The amount of money invested in all private-equity funds 20 years ago was just $1.2 trillion.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Encased in black, invested with a rare solemnity, she stood during the three minutes of the interview.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I write Need to Know each morning to cut through the noise and focus on the market moves, investing ideas, and economic developments affecting your money.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Since 2020, my investing content has generated more than 150 million views across Instagram, Facebook and TikTok.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026

The company recently launched a new marketing campaign, bringing back its old “Snack That Smiles Back” jingle, and is investing in more family-oriented options like multipacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Crypto has become an increasingly popular way of investing and transferring money online, partly because, unlike traditional currencies, it is not controlled by central banks or governments.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

There he created a thread called value investing.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis


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