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[vest] / vɛst /


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In Paris, authorities have banned a yellow vest march that would have passed through Place de la République and some of the capital’s main shopping boulevards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Laura Overdeck’s side is disputing this valuation and has argued that her husband’s equity in Two Sigma didn’t vest until well after the marriage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

José Antonio Bañuelos-Díaz, 42, a Mexican national and West Adams resident, appeared in court wearing a reflective vest with the name of a landscaping company, blue jeans and boots with the American flag on them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

A photo released by police showed the robot wearing a black moustache, a gold-coloured chain and white vest.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The pilot was up front, and the man in the vest was next to her.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis

Coppélia Moreau, a student organizer at Nanterre University, said yellow vests and students are united in denouncing bleak prospects for the country’s youth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Images released by emergency services showed rescue workers in high-visibility vests scrambling to move debris, rubble and dirt.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Two officers wearing green vests marked “ICE” stood outside his vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

"They wore construction vests and masks that concealed their faces. There is no reasonable way to identify them as ICE agents," Mamdani said.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

My brother is bringing Danny, whose nose runs all the time, who wears knitted vests in diamond patterns, who has a stamp collection.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

You know the club has a vested interest in holding the player's value and the fact you have to portray positivity to protect that is sometimes unbelievably difficult.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

When they have direct, vested interests, recusals can be warranted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The proposal -- echoing the restaurant shorthand "86" for an item that is off the menu -- pits zealous reformers against vested interests, with an electorate knowing little about the issue.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

County attorneys responded to the plaintiffs with a letter asserting that they should have appealed the Planning Commission’s approval of the vested rights to the county Board of Supervisors within 90 days of the decision.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Civilian supervision was vested in an Atomic Energy Commission comprising five presidential appointees.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

An employer match might also be yours, depending on whether the company has a vesting schedule — a certain amount of time you need to work there in order for the funds to be yours.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Financial planners often recommend selling RSUs immediately upon vesting since the tax hit is already baked in, allowing you to diversify your portfolio by investing the cash from the sale elsewhere.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

UMA “distributes resolution authority across a transparent, marketwide framework rather than vesting it in any single decision maker,” she added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

According to ISS, another eyebrow-raising element was that the vast majority of Zaslav’s estimated compensation — over 94% — was being derived by the automatic acceleration of stock vesting and the excise tax gross-up payment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

The success of every human undertaking depended on undisputed authority vesting in one and only one directing head—in moving-pictures, the director's.

From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Louis Joseph Vance


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