secondary
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The trial not only met its primary goal of preventing cancer from coming back, it had also cleared a secondary goal of preventing the cancer from spreading throughout the body.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
At least 10 senior Fannie Mae employees are leaving the secondary mortgage giant, with a senior administration official saying they were terminated.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
The grandchildren must take secondary financial classes and pass with a C or better to have access to a small percentage of the funds after reaching maturity.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
The Social Security department said it had approved 2,552 payments for 1,450 primary school pupils and 1,102 secondary school pupils for the start of the upcoming term.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
There was no point in telling her that Olanna had told him they would send him to university when he finished secondary school.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
DC Advisory’s European private equity secondaries team has unraveled, with three managing directors leaving in the last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Sammartino previously spent eight years at Mercury Capital Advisors, where she led the advisory firm and placement agent’s secondaries practice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Over the many years that Hamilton Lane has invested in secondaries, Hirsch says about 70% of its returns have come from asset appreciation, with the remaining 30% coming from savvy buying.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
“This isn’t a blanket comment that all secondaries are bad,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
His secondaries sprouted along his forearms, and a charming little false primary sprang from the end of each thumb.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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