unlock
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“By combining Curaleaf’s global distribution platform with Aurora’s leading international medical cannabis franchise and EU-GMP cultivation and manufacturing capacity, we see significant potential to unlock value through substantial cost and revenue synergies,” Jordan said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Authorities are trying unlock the mystery of a Downey security guard accused of weapons violations after he twice visited the Trump National Golf Course in Rancho Palos Verdes in advance of this week’s presidential visit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
It’s the most annoying way to unlock your iPhone.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
“The scale of the potential unlock is likely to create a meaningful technical overhang and increase near-term share price volatility,” Zephirin said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
“It means if we can get an ID belonging to someone who works in the server room, it should unlock that door as well as the main door that connects to the catacombs,” she said.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
The stock’s biggest test may still be ahead as a wave of share unlocks are to begin.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Private marks remain elevated, and Roper Technologies will continue to lean into share repurchases over platform acquisitions; however, management wants to leave enough dry powder for when the market for mergers-and-acquisitions unlocks.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
This infrastructure unlocks the very independence Mr. Sasse champions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
"Vertical integration is already starting to make its way into commercial devices, particularly in specialized AI hardware, but monolithic integration is what unlocks the full promise of 3D chips," Cao said.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 2026
He unlocks the door and holds it open for me.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
Another 7% of shares, for example, are set to be unlocked on Aug. 21.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
The 912 million SpaceX shares that unlocked Thursday—holdings worth more than $100 billion—far exceed the previous supply of tradable stock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Quintero made a phone call before they slipped through an unlocked back door.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
"More free trade means more business, more ease, more value unlocked," Bamba said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
I walk the whole way to my house and head to the back, where I left the sliding door unlocked, wondering whether I even deserve to make a check mark for today.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Our friends over at the Slate podcast Slow Burn are good at taking events that we think are settled history, then unlocking a new understanding of those stories through interviews, archives, and fresh analysis.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
According to Ms. Hazrat, Aristophanes’ dots were “the first nonalphabetical marks devoted to unlocking sentence structure and therefore enabling the performance of text.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Astrophysicists in India now say the latest findings from Aditya-L1, the country's first solar observation mission in space, have provided them some vital clues to unlocking those mysteries.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The next unlocking event is scheduled for later this month.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Indeed, her mind felt like a vast storage room whose locked cupboards were all at once not only unlocking but flinging themselves open and dumping their contents on the floor.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
