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moat

[moht] / moʊt /
NOUN
ditch
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Its towering, mostly unbroken face and narrow swimming pool suggested a rampart and a moat, but behind the concrete exterior, Caland eliminated every door save the guest bathroom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

All are still run by their founders, says Vinall, and each has a wide moat around its business.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

“Nvidia’s fundamentals are strong, and its recent earnings announcements and guidance gave investors confidence that it continues to have strong demand and a pretty significant moat in its chip business,” Wettemann said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

Lock up a technology with a patent and clinical trials, and you had a moat lasting several years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

All around her people laughed and clung to one another as they climbed higher above the ice moat, its surface shining below, a near-perfect mirror.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

Now that “good enough”—and sometimes even “pretty amazing”—AI is available to iPhone users and Fortune 500 chief information officers alike, these companies will have to find new moats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Arya expects that Nvidia’s earnings report in August will show investors that the company still has “its moats in products, pricing and supply chain,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

VanEck CEO Jan Van Eck argues the memory-chip stocks don’t have competitive moats, and notes their profit explosion is driven by temporary pricing power over sales volumes.

From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026

Importantly, Musk has succeeded in building SpaceX into a unique business that has deep competitive moats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

I ate breakfast cheerily, watching the dust moats stirring in the sunlight that streamed in the back window.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer




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