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swell

[swel] / swɛl /






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Berkshire’s mountain of cash and equivalents swelled to a record $373.1 billion at the end of 2025, after accounting for a payable for purchasing some short-term government debt.

From The Wall Street Journal

If commodity prices rise and a country’s import bills swell, trade balances would deteriorate, and that tends to hurt currencies, noted Angrick.

From The Wall Street Journal

The whole process would take several months and cost roughly the price of a swell vacation.

From Los Angeles Times

Crowds have swelled on campuses in major cities to join memorials for peers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Even before that meeting, the tide had turned for Paramount in a swell of power, politics and brinkmanship.

From Los Angeles Times